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scientific inquiry
Term | Definition |
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Observing | Using your five senses to gather information about the world around you. |
Qualitative Observations | Observations made using your five senses. |
Quantitative Observation | Observations that are based on measurements. |
Inferences | To explain or interpret an observation using previous experience. |
Predictions | Making an inferences about the future based on current evidence or past experiment. |
The X Axis | Also know as the horizontal axis on a graph. |
The Y Axis | Also know as the vertical axis. |
Independent Variable | The one variable that is purposely changed in the test by the investigator during an experiment. |
Controlled Variable | The variables that are kept the same or constant in an experiment. |
Dependent Variable | The variable that is a result of the independent variable, you find at the end. |
Uncontrolled Variable | Something that you did not anticipate or think would happen or a human error. |
Hypothesis | Educated guess or prediction that must be testable. |
Data Table | A way to organize information into two columns. |
line graph | IT is a type of graph that is used when data takes place over time. |
Bar graph | A graph used for descriptive data |
increments | when numbering a graph, the numbers you choose are called increments |
range | the numbers between the highest and lowest in a data set |
The metric system | the system of measurement used by all scientists based on the number ten |