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Scientific Method Vo
Term | Definition |
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Problem | scientific question that can be answered by expirmentation |
Hypothesis | and educated prediction (guess) about how the independent variable will affect the dependent variable. should be an If... then.. statement. |
Variable | a factor in an experiment that changes or could be changed |
independent variable | "I CHANGE" variable that the scientist changes on purpose |
Dependent Variable | "DEPENDS ON WHAT I CHANGE" The variable that responds to the independent variable. |
Control | the standard for comparison in an experiment. or the unchanged experiment |
constant | a factor in an experiment that is kept the same in all trials. |
list the steps of the Scientific method in order | 1. problem/question 2. observation/research 3. hypotheses 4. experiment 5. collect and analyze results 6. conclusion 7. communicate the results |