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Vocab 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | Being as close to correct as possible precise |
| Procedure | The steps you follow in a lab experiment |
| Hypothesis | Prediction, educated guess that uses the format "If...then..." |
| Constants | Things that remain the same in a experiment |
| Variable | Anything that can change in an experiment |
| Independent Variable | The variable that is purposely changed in an experiment(the one that is being tested) |
| Dependent Variable | The variable that you are measuring (in response to the independent variable) |
| Claim | A claim is a statement that answers the question. It will usually only e one sentence in length(The claim DOES NOT include any explanation, reasoning, or evidence so it should not include any transition words such as "because") |
| Evidence | The evidence is the data used to support the claim. It can be either quantitative or qualitative depending on the question and/or lab. Only use data with evidence that supports the claim. |
| Reasoning | The reasoning i s the explanation of "why and how" the evidence supports the claim. (It should include an explanation of the science concept that produced the evidence or data) |
| Quantitative data | Numbers/measurments |
| Qualitative data | Characteristics, features, looking carefully |