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6.1 Vocabulary

Scientific Thinking

TermDefinition
OBSERVATION USING ALL OF THE SENSES AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS TO DESCRIBE A THING OR EVENT
INFERENCE AN EXPLANATION THAT IS BASED ON AVAILABLE EVIDENCE BUT IS NOT PROVEN TRUE YET
QUANTITATIVE DATA DATA BASED ON COUNTABLE MEASUREMENTS (QUANT = AMOUNT/NUMBER)
QUALITATIVE DATA INFORMATION BASED ON THE QUALITITES OF SOMETHING (QUAL = QUALITY/DESCRIPTION)
HYPOTHESIS A PREDICTION OR PROPOSED EXPLANATION THAT CAN BE TESTED. IF, THEN, BECAUSE
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE THE FACTOR THAT IS CHANGED ON PURPOSE IN AN EXPERIMENT (I CHANGE...)
DEPENDENT VARIABLE THE FACTOR THAT IS MEASURED IN AN EXPERIMENT
CONTROL THE UNCHANGED AND UNTOUCHED FACTOR IN AN EXPERIMENT. USED AS A STANDARD OF COMPARISON
CONSTANTS ALL THE VARIABLES IN AN EXPERIMENT THAT REMAIN THE SAME THROUGH ALL TRIALS
SI SYSTEM SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT BASED ON THE METRIC SYSTEM THAT IS USED WORLDWIDE BY SCIENTISTS
METER THE BASE UNIT OF LENGTH VOLUME USED WITH THE METRIC SYSTEM (m)
LITER THE BASE UNIT OF LIQUID VOLUME USED WITH THE METRIC SYSTEM (l)
GRAM THE BASE UNIT OF MASS USED IN THE METRIC SYSTEM (g)
MASS THE AMOUNT OF MATTER IN SOMETHING
WEIGHT THE FORCE OF GRAVITY ON AN OBJECT
VOLUME THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AN OBJECT OR SUBSTANCE TAKES UP
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