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Scientific M Terms
Scientific Method Vocab & Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| data | Facts that have been uncovered scientifically by systematic observations or experiments. |
| fact | Information that is true. |
| science | Knowledge about the natural world gathered systematically |
| hypothesis | developed to explain a fact |
| correlation | the mutual relationship between two or more things |
| scientific method | Means of investigating a testable question using empirical information gathered from experiments, experience, or observations |
| Independent variable | The one factor that will be changed. |
| mechanism | Process by which something takes place |
| causation | Relationship between an event and another event in which one event causes the other event |
| Dependent variable | The factors that depend on the independent variable |
| law | Explanation that always applies under the same circumstances |
| principle of uniformitarianism | trying to get everyone to follow the same process in order to get the same results |
| scientific model | used to explain things that are too big or too small to be studied in an experiment/ things that are too complex |
| control | nothing is changed, |