Scientific Investigations
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| investigation | a careful study used to answer a scientific question
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| scientific question | a question that can be answered using data (it cannot be answered with an opinion)
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| variable | the condition you change during an experiment
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| hypothesis | a testable statement
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| experiment | the part of some investigations when you change a condition and observe the effects of the change
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| data | pieces of information, including facts and observations, such as words, pictures, or other descriptions
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| data table | a tool used to record data in an organized way
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| model | something that represents an object, an event, or an idea
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| three-dimensional model | a model that takes up space like the object it represents
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| diorama | a 3-D model that shows a scene from an event or place
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| terrarium | a model of a natural habitat that contains living and nonliving things
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| hand lens | a tool that makes small things look larger
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| binoculars | a tool that makes things that look far away closer
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| telescope | a tool that makes things that look far away closer
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| ruler | a tool used to measure length
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| scale | a tool used to measure mass
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| balance | a tool used to measure mass
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| mass | the amount of material in something
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| thermometer | a tool used to measure temperature
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| temperature | how hot or cold something is
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| beaker | a tool used to measure the volume of a liquid
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| volume | how much space something takes up
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| stopwatch | a tool used to measure time
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| graph | a tool used to help scientists see pattern in their data
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| bar graph | a graph used to compare things
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| line graph | a graph used to show how something changes over time
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| circle graph | a graph used to show the parts of the whole
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| pattern | has parts that repeat in a certain order
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| conclusion | an answer to a scientific question
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| innovation | introduction of something new or a new idea, method or device
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| invention | process of turning ideas and imagination into new products, processes, or systems
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