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Unit One Physical Sc
Unit One Voc
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| constant | all the factors that are the same in both the experiment and control group |
| dependent variable | the factor you measure to gather results |
| experiment | organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions |
| hypothesis | tentative explanation for an experiment |
| independent variable | the factor you wish to test and that is manipulated to be changes |
| law | a rule or principle describing a physical relationship that always works in the same way under the same conditions |
| observations | an act of noting and recording an event, characteristic, behavior or anything else detected with an instrument |
| operational definition | a description of the one particular way in which you measure the dependent variable |
| theory | A widely accepted explanation of observations and phenomena. A well tested explanation that is consistent with all available evidence |
| variable | any factor that can change |