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1-3 science
| spelling word | defintion |
|---|---|
| science inquriy | The ongoing process of discovery in science; the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence the gather. |
| hypothesis | A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question; must be testable |
| variable | A factor that can change in an experiment |
| controlled experiment | An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated |
| manipulated variable | The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; also called independent variable. |
| responding variable | The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment; also called dependent variable. |
| data | Facts ,figures, and other evidence gathered through observation |