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Week 1 Lesson 1
SciMethod
Question | Answer |
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Steps in Scientific Method | 1. Determine Problem 2. Gather Info about Problem 3. Form Hypothes 4. Test Hypothersis 5. Analyze Data from experiments 6. Draw Conclusions 7. Report Results. |
Variable | A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values. |
Hypothesis | "A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation." |
Theory | "scientific principle to explain phenomena:a set of facts, propositions, or principles analyzed in their relation to one another and used, especially in science, to explain phenomena" |
Law | A Statement about how things work in our world that seems to be true every time. |
Fact | Something known to be certain and true. This is different from a theory or a Law. |
Control (Group) | used as a basis of comparison for checking the results of an experiment. It is compared to the experimental group |
Experiment | "test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried." |
Science | systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation |