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Scientific Method 15
experiment
Term | Definition |
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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 |