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ScienceChap1
Scientific Method
Question | Answer |
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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 |