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Science Vocab
Scientific Method
Term | Definition |
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science | the study of the natural world |
scientists | people who study the natural world and try to figure out how it works |
observation | to pay close attention to something and gather information using your five senses |
investigation | how scientists answer questions and discover facts to establish truth |
hypothesis | an educated guess that can be tested with an investigation; |
scientific method | a process scientists follow to learn and study the world around them |
3 parts of a hypothesis | If, then, and because |
qualitative data | data collected using your 5 senses |
quantitative data | data that can be measured |
inference | a conclusion based on evidence from observations and background knowledge |
prediction | an educated guess on what may happen in the future |
conclusion | a final answer to a hypothesis or question based on all the data collected from an experiment or observation |
independent variable | the variable that the scientist changes (I change the independent variable) |
constants | all the variables that are kept the same |
dependent variable | what changes because the independent variable was changed |