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Scientific Method
Hypothesis | possible explanation or answer to a question;"educated guess" |
observation | describe what you are seeing, smelling, hearing, or tasting |
inferance | drawing a conclusion based on data and observation |
constant variables | variables that are kept the same to control the experiment |
independent variable | variables that are intentionally changed to see their affect |
dependent variable | variable being tested and mesured |
Qualitative data | observable data that is not measured |
quantitative data | data which can be measured |
metric system | universal method of measurement based on number 10 developed by Lavoisier |
liter | the base unit of measuring volume in metric system |
meter | the base unit of measurement for length in metric system |
gram | the base unit of measurement for mass in metric system |