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Experimental design
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is accuarcy? | being as close as possible to correct |
| what is a procedure? | the steps you follow in a lab experiment |
| what is a hypothosis? | A prediction, educated guess that use the format "If....then....." |
| what are constants? | things that remain the same in a experiment |
| what is a variable? | anything that changes in the experiment |
| What is a independent variable? | the variable that is purposely changed in an experiment (the one being tested) |
| what is a dependent variable ? | the variable you are measuring in response to the independent variable. |
| what is a claim? | A statement that answers the question. |
| what is evidence? | The evidence is the data used to support the claim, being either qualitative or quantitative |
| what is reasoning? | The reasoning is the explanation of "why and how" the evidence supports the claim. |
| what is qualitative data? | description of characteristics |
| what is quantitative data? | measurements/numbers |