Scientific Thinking
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| Constants | The factors that are kept the same in an experiment
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| Control group | Something that is used for comparison during the experiment. It does not get tested with the variable.
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| Variables | Any factor that changes and affects the outcome of an experiment.
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| Independent Variable (Manipulated Variable) | The variable that the experimenter decides to change to see if there is or is not an effect.
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| Dependent Variable (Responding Variable) | The variable to the experiment that responds to the change.
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| Hypothesis | A logical prediction about your "testable" question. (an educated guess)
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| Experiment | Conducting a test! List your materials, the procedure, your independent variable (only ONE!), and observations.
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| Conclusion | This section answers your original testable question. State whether your hypothesis was correct or incorrect.
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| Observation | Use your senses.
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| Scientific Method | Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data Collection, Conclusion, and Retest (if needed)
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| Problem | It is what you start with. Usually asked as a question. It is why you are doing the experiment.
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| Research | Looking up information or reading about your topic to try to find out more information. Usually before you make a hypothesis.
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| Graph | A visual representation of your data. It helps you understand all those numbers.
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| Data | It is all the measurements taken from doing the experiment.
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| Materials | a list of all of the equipment and supplies used to do the experiment.
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| Procedure | list of instructions about how to do the experiment
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| Theory | A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data
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