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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |