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Process Skills
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| observing | a FACT learned directly through the senses: sight,touch,smell,taste,hearing |
| communication | when you interpret information by sending and receiving information |
| classifying | using observations to place objects or events into groups based on their similarities and differences |
| inferring | drawing conclusions from past experiencing or observations |
| hypothesis | explanation for an observation or answer to a scientific question |
| variables | things that vary or change in an experiment |
| independent | variable that you change |
| dependent | the variable that changes as a result of the independent |
| constant/control | the variable that does NOT change to make sure its a fair test |