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WJSH 7 Inquiry
Wallace 7th Grade Scientific Inquiry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| observing | using your senses to gather information |
| inferring | explaining or interpreting what you observe |
| hypothesis | possible answer to a scientific question |
| variables | factors or “things” that can change in an experiment |
| controlled experiment | experiment in which only one variable is changed—everything else is kept the same |
| manipulated variable | the one variable that is purposely changed to test the hypothesis |
| responding variable | the variable that is expected to change in response to what you’re testing (what you’re measuring) |
| experimental group | the group that gets the “thing” you’re testing |
| control group | the group that does NOT get the “thing” you’re testing so you have something to compare to |
| quantitative observation | an observation that has a number (8 legs, 2.3 cm, etc.) |
| qualitative observation | an observation using your 5 senses that does not have a number (red, fuzzy, smooth, etc.) |