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ScienceChap1
Scientific Method
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The variable that you change in an experiment, the manipulated variable | Independent Variable |
| The variable that you measure, your data comes from this variable, the responding variable | Dependent Variable |
| The variable or variables that remain the same throughout the entire experiment | Controlled Variable or Constant |
| Using your five senses to describe something | Observation |
| A conclusion or an educated guess based on observations | Inference |
| Numbers and information you collect when doing an experiment | Data |
| To examine carefully | Analyze |
| a series of steps used to investigate and answer questions | Scientific Method |
| An explanation to a question. "If..., then..." | Hypothesis |
| Data that uses the five senses | Qualitative Data |
| Data that is measurable, it uses numbers | Quantitative Data |