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scientific investigations.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SCIENTIFIC METHOD | PROCESS USED BY SCIENTISTS TO FIND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OR SOLVE A PROBLEM. |
| HYPOTHESIS | AN EDUCATED GUESS. |
| EXPERIMENT | A PROCESS USED TO COLLECT DATA ON A CERTAIN SUBJECT. |
| OBSERVATIONS | USED BY SCIENTISTS TO HELP THEM MAKE A HYPOTHESIS OR COLLECT DATA DURING AN EXPERIMENT. |
| INFORMATION COLLECTED DURING AN EXPERIMENT. | DATA |
| STEPS TAKEN DURING AN EXPERIMENT. | PROCEDURE |
| LAW | ANYTHING IN BIOLOGY THAT CAN BE PROVEN 100% |
| THEORY | IS A PROBABLE EXPLANATION THAT CANNOT BE PROVEN COMPLETELY. |
| DEPENDENT VARIABLE | THE VARIABLE THAT IS PART OF THE EXPERIMENT THAT IS AFFECTED BY THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE. |
| INDEPENDENT VARIABLE | THE VARIABLE THAT IS THE PART OF THE EXPERIMENT THAT IS BEING TESTED OR THE PART THAT IS CHANGED BY THE PERSON DOING THE EXPERIMENT. |
| VARIABLES | ALL FACTORS THAT CAN CHANGE IN AN EXPERIMENT. |
| ANALYZATION | THE ORGANIZATION AND REVIEWING OF DATA COLLECTED. |
| THINGS USED TO INCREASE OBSERVATION AND DATA COLLECTION. | SCIENTIFIC TOOLS |
| BALANCE TOOL | A TOOL USED TO MEASURE THE MASS OF OBJRCTS. |
| GRADUATED CYLINDER | A BEAKER MARKED IN INTERVALS THAT IS UDED TO MEASURE VOLUME. |
| MICROSCOPE | a tool used to produce magnified images of small objects. A TOOL USED TO PRODUCE MAGNIFIED IMAGES OF SMALL OBJECTS. |
| SPRING SCALE | A TOOL USED TO MEASURE WEIGHT AND FORCE. |
| THERMOMETER | A TOOL USED TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE. |
| TEST TUBE | A CYLINDRICAL TUBE, USUALLY SMALLER THAN A BEAKER, THAT IS OPENED AT ONE END AND CLOSED AT THE OTHER. |
| TOOLS TO HELP WITH THE ANALYZATION PROCEDURE. | TABLES,CHARTS, AND GRAPHS TO ORGANIZE,INTERPRET, AND PRESENT DATA. |