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Section 1 vocab
determine defininition
Term | Definition |
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Observation | Using one or more of you sences to gather information |
Inference | Making a guess of what is happening based on your observations |
Prediction | A logical guess based on observations and inferences of what will happen in the future |
Classifying | Grouping things together based on simularities |
Making Models | Building a representation of complex objects or prosses |
Independant Variable | Is the variable that is being changed on purpose. There should only be one IV Example: How much water the plants get. |
Dependent Variable | Is the result. An example: How tall did the plant grow |
Controlled Variable or Constants | The variables that are not allowed to change. There may be many CV |
Hypothesis | A suggested solution to a problem. It must be testable and be written as if... then... because... I predict an outcome |