The basic words to discuss science investigations and experiments.
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| Science | The knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws that can be tested.
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| Observation | The process of obtaining information by using the senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and sometimes taste.
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| Scientific Method | A series of steps followed to solve a problem.
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| Hypothesis | An explanation that is based on prior scientific research or observations and that can be tested.
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| Data | Any information received through observations or experimentation.
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| Model | A pattern, plan, representation, or description designed to show the structure or workings of an object, system, or concept.
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| Meter | The basic unit of length in the SI. (Metric system)
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| Area | A measure of the size of a surface or a region.
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| Mass | A measure of the amount of matter in an object.
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| Volume | A measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space.
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| Temperature | A measure of how hot or cold something is.
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| Variable | Any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types.
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| Control or Constant | A variable that cannot be changed or is purposely not changed during the experiment.
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| Independent Variable | The independent variable is the one that is changed by the scientist.
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| Dependent Variable | The dependent variables are the things that the scientist focuses his or her observations on to see how they respond to the change made to the independent variable.
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