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Scientific Method
Schrift-wk 1.3 Scientific Method
Vocabulary Word | Definition |
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scientific method | the process of asking questions and then doing careful investigations to find the answers to those questions |
hypothesis | a predicted answer to a scientific question |
variable | anything that can change in an experiment. You must keep all of these the same, except the one you are testing. |
testable | can be observed and measured |
control | a feature that is not changed in an experiment |
observations | information you collect using your senses |
estimate | to make an educated guess about the size or number of things that you cannot measure directly |
trial | each repeated experiment. A good experiment is done more than once to be sure answers are correct |
data table | a chart that organizes data collected in an experiment |
conclution | an explanation of what data show |
data | information collected during a scientific investigation |