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Vocab 2
Experimental Design
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accuracy | being as close to correct as possible, precise |
| procedure | the steps you follow in a lab |
| hypothesis | predicition, educated guess uses "If,,,then..." |
| Constants | things that remain the same in an experiment |
| variable | anything that can change |
| independent variable | variable that is purposely changed in an experiment (the one that is being tested) |
| dependednt variable | the variable that you are measuring (in response to the independednt variable) |
| CLAIM | statement that answers the question usualy over one sentence |
| EVIDENCE | data used to support the claim |
| quantitative evidence | any data that includes numbers, amounts |
| qualitative evidence | any data that includes traits and characterisitics |
| REASONING | the explanation of "why and how" the evidence supports the claim |