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Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a way of learning about the natural world and the knowlege gained through that process | Science |
| a varible that cannot be change or is purposly not changed during the experiment | Constant |
| using all 5 senses to gather information | Observation |
| an interpretation based on observation and prior knowledge | Inference |
| a possile explanation for a set of observations or an answer to a scientific question | hypothesis |
| simular test where the independent variable is left unchanged to provide a comparison | Control |
| any factor that can change in an experiment | Variable |
| the one factor that a scienctist changes during an experiment; also called the independent variable | Manipulated (independent) variable |
| the factor that changes as a result of changes made by the manipulated variable in an experiment; also called the dependent variable | Responding (dependent) variable |
| the facts, figures and outher evidence gained through observation | data |
| observations involving descriptions | Qualitative |
| observations involving numbers and measurments | Quantitative |