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Vocabulary for LS.1
Process Skills and Scientific Method terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Observational Investigation | An experiment that is used to discover information about objects or events by using one or more of our 5 senses. |
| Experimental Investigation | An experiment that tests a hypothesis to see if changes in the independent variable affect the outcome (DV) |
| Variables | Things in an experiment that change or can be changed |
| Independent Variable | The variable that I, the experimenter, change on purpose at the beginning of the experiment to see if it will affect anything. |
| Dependent Variable | The variable that changes or responds to what the scientist did |