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Scientific Method
SM and OBS and INF
Term | Definition |
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Problem | The first step in the scientific method to identify |
Observation | Using the five senses to make infernces |
Experiment | The steps involved to test a hypothesis |
Hypothesis | An educated guess written as an IF and THEN statement |
Research | The use of internet, books, etc.. to find information about problem question. |
Conclusion | The statement that proves the hypothesis is correct or incorrect |
Inference | a conclusion based on observations |
Direct Relationship | graphing relationship as X increase Y increases |
Indirect Relationship | graphing relationship as X increase Y decreases |
Cyclic Relationship | graphing relationship as X increase Y repeats |
No Relationship | graphing relationship as X increase Y remains the same |
Independent Variable | variable that I change in an experiment |
Dependent Variable | variable that DATA is collected |
Control | Used for comparison |
Constant | Part of the experiment that remains the same |