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unit 1 topic 2 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| observation | the act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, or orderly way |
| variable | a variable that doesn't change in an experiment |
| department variable | the variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable. |
| experimental group | an organized collective of people, charities, or non-governmental organizations that works to protect, monitor, and conserve the natural environment. |
| independent variable | the factor that you change, control, or manipulate in an experiment to test its effects on another factor |
| inference | a logical interpretation based on what scientists already know |
| peer review | a quality-control process where independent experts in a specific academic or scientific field evaluate a research paper or scholarly work before it is published. |
| bias | a personal, rather then scientific, point of view for, or against, something, |
| controlled group | a controlled group is exposed to the same conditions as the environmental group except for changes in the independent variable |
| constant | something that stays the same without changing, or happens all the time without stopping. |