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Scientific Method 15
experiment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| weight | is a measure of the pull of gravity on an object |
| mass | is the amount of matter in an object |
| measurement | describe a quantity such as time,length,distance,mass,volume or temperature |
| experiment | is a test or trial that produses evidence you can use to help you answer a question/hypothesis |
| data | collected information,the results of an experiment/investigation |
| quantitative data | data that includes numbers (with units) measured during an expirament |
| qualitavie data | data that includes descriptions of things you observe |
| hypothesis | is an idea that can be tested by an expirament |
| dependent variable | that factor (thing) that is bieng mesured in an eperiment |
| independent variable | is one factor(thing) that is being changed during an experament |
| control variable | variable that stays the same during an experament |