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section 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| observation | Using one or more of your senses to gather information |
| Inference | making a guess based on observtions |
| perdiction | a logical guess based on observations and inferences of what will happen in the future |
| classifying | grouping things together based on similarities |
| making models | building a representation of complex objects or processes |
| Independent variable | the variable that is being changed on purpose there should only be one independent variable |
| dependent variable | the result. |
| controlled variables or constants | the variables that are not allowed to change there may be many constants |
| hypothesis | a suggested solution to the problem. It must be testable and be written as if,then,because. It predicts an outcome |