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Scientific Method876
experiment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Weight | is the pull of gravity on a object |
| Mass | is the amount of matter in a object |
| Measurement | describes a quantity such as time, lengh, distance, mass volume, or temperature |
| experiment | is a test or trail that produces evidence you can use to help answer a question/hyopthesis |
| data | collected information, the results of an experiment/investigation |
| quantitative data | data that include numbers (with units)measure during an experiment |
| qualitative | data that inculde descriptions of things you observe |
| hypothesis | is an idea that can be tested by an experiment |
| dependent variable | the factor (thing) that is being maesured in an experiment |
| independent variable | is the one factor(thing) that is changed during an experiment |
| control variable | variable that stays the same during an experiment |