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Term | Definition |
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Prediction | scientific guess |
Qualitative observations | using your senses t gather in- formation |
Classifying | grouping by similar characteritics |
Inference | giving an explanation for what you observed |
Quantitative observations | measuring to get information |
thermometer | an instrument used to measure heat |
observational investigation | lab when chanes are bing made |
experimental investigation | lab when hypthisis is being tested |
hypothisis | educated guess |
independent variable | manipulated variable (change first) |
dependent variable | this change is the data colleced |
constant | the factors that stay the same |
contol | standard of comparison |
fair test | an experiment that changes only one factor |
repeated trials | completing an experiment many times |