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Scientific Method
vocab used in scientific inquiry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Science | a way of learning about the natural world by gathering information |
| Observing | using one or more senses to gather information |
| Qualitative Observation | descriptions that don't involve numbers or measurements |
| Quantitative Observation | are measurements and counting |
| Inferring | based on reasoning from what you already know |
| Predicting | making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence |
| Chemistry | the study of the properties of matter and how matter changes |
| Physics | is the study of matter and energy and how they intereact |
| Scientific Inquiry | refers to different ways scientists study the natural world |
| Variable | factors that can change a response to something |
| Independent (manipulated) variable | the variable that is changed |
| Dependent (responding) variable | the variable that responses to the change |
| Controlled experiment | only has one variable |
| Scientific law | a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time |
| Scientific theory | a well tested explanation for a wide range of observations |