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Scientific Method
Scientific Method Vocab.
Term | Definition |
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science | The systematic study of our natural world through observation and experimentation |
Scientific method | A process used to find answers to questions about our world. - also known as experimental design, |
Scientific question | A specific, testable question about our natural world. |
Hypothesis | An educated guess based on observation - created before the experiment is completed and part of the planning process |
Observation | Those things that you can tell based on your 5 senses. |
Quantitative observation | the information you find that is a number or amount, like height, temperature or time |
Qualitative observation | the information you find that is a word or category, like color or direction |
Data | information gathered during an experiment (your results) |
Classifying | to group things based on something that they have in common |
Variable | something that changes |
Independent variable | the aspect that you, the scientist, purposely changes to gather data |
Dependent variable | the aspect of the experiment that changes because of what you changed - the data you are looking to collect |
constant | variables in an experiment that don’t change |
procedure | the step by step directions of the experiment |