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Scientific Method
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scientific Method | Organized set of investigation proceddures that can include stating a problem, forming a hypothesis, researching and gathering information, testing a hypothesis, ananlyzing data, and drawing conclusions. |
| Hypothesis | educated guess using what you know and what you observe |
| Experiment | organized procedure for testing a hypotesis. |
| Variable | factor that can cause a change in the results of an experiment. |
| Dependent Variable | factor that changes as a result of changes in the other variables. |
| Independent Variable | factor that, as if changes, affects the measure of another variable. |
| Constant | in an experiment, a variable that does not change when other variables changes. |
| Control | standard used for comparison of test results in an expermients. |
| Bias | occurs when a scientist's expectations change how the results of an experiment are viewed |
| Model | can be used to represent an idea, object, or event that is too big, too small, too complex, or too dangerous to observe or test directly. |
| Theory | explanation of things or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investgations |
| Scientific Law | statement about what happens in nature that seems to be true all the time |
| Technology | application of science to help people. |
| standard | exact, agreed-upon quantity used for comparison |
| SI | International System of Units- the improved, universally accepted version of the metric system that is based on multiples of text and includes the meter (m), liter (L), and kilogram (kg) |
| volume | amount of space occupied by an object. |
| mass | amount of matter in an object. |
| density | mass per unit volume of a material |
| graph | visual display of information or data that can provide a quick way to communicate a lot of information and allow scientists to observe patterns. |