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Science
Term | Definition |
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Qualitative | made by gathering information that can be recorded using descriptive language. |
Quanitative | made by gathering information that can be recorded as a number with a measurement unit. |
Inference | not a fact, but an interpretation of what the direct observations mean. |
Scientific Law | describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of contions |
Constant | part of an experiment that is held in the same condition for control and experimental |
Variable | part of the experiment that changes |
Manipulated Variable | a factor in a controlled experiment that is intentionally changed by the experimentor |
Theory | a well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental resuluts |
Inquiry | to ask information |
Responding Variable | a resulting factor in an controlled experiment that is observed and measured to see if it changes due to the manipulation to another variable |
Experiment | a course of action completed in order to test a hypothesis |
Control | a standard to which all levels are compared in a scientific experiment |
Matter | anything that has mass |
Physical Properties | any change that alters form or appearance of matter but does not make any substance in the matter into a different substance |