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Science Unit 1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Investigation | a procedure carried out to carefully observe, study, or test something in order to learn more about it |
| Science | the study of the natural world through observation and investigation |
| Evidence | information collected during a scientific investigation |
| Opinion | a personal belief or judgment based on what a person thinks or feels, but not necessarily based on evidence |
| Scientific Methods | the different ways that scientists perform investigations and collect reliable data |
| Experiment | an investigation in which all the conditions are controlled to test a hypothesis |
| Variable | any condition that can be changed in an experiment |
| Control | the experimental setup to which you will compare all other setups |
| Microscopic | too small to be seen without using a microscope |
| Balance | a tool used to measure the amount of matter in an object, which is the object's mass |
| Spring Scale | a tool used to measure force |
| Accurate | in measurements, very close to the actual size or value |