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Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Chapter 1 Vocabulary 2016-2017
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scientific inquiry | Process of asking questions & doing investigations to answer the questions |
| Hypothesis | Possible answer to a question or an educated guess |
| Procedure | The list of steps you follow in a scientific investigation |
| Control | Part of an experiment that is kept the same |
| Data | Facts or figures collected in an experiment |
| Conclusion | An explanation of what the data shows |
| Scientific method | Process of steps that include: purpose, hypothesis, research, experiment, data, and conclusion |
| Manipulated variable | The variable that is changed on purpose to be tested |
| Variable | Anything in an experiment that can change |
| Responding variable | The variable that changes in response to the manipulated variable |