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EDD Stack 2
Experimental Design Diagram Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| scientific observation | using your senses to describe the natural world |
| experiment | a test or trial that produces evidence you can use to help answer a question |
| measurement | describes a quantity, such as time, length, distance, mass, volume, or temperature |
| scientific ideas | are developed using evidence gathered from scientific observations |
| scientific model | is a simplified representation of a part of the natural world that explains what that part looks like or how it works |
| theory | a set of ideas that tie together many observations |
| law | describes how some part of nature acts under certain conditions |
| prediction | a statement of what you think will happen under certain conditions based on what you know from observations or research |
| variables | factors that can affect the results of an experiment |
| data | information you gather during am experiment |
| inference | an explanation of information that is based on facts, but not direct observation |