Vocabulary of Science
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| Label | a word or phrase indicating that what follows belongs in a particular category or classification.
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| Scale | system or series of marks used for measuring or registering.
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| Plot | a graphical technique for representing a data set, usually as a graph showing the relationship between two or more variables.
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| Interpret | to give or provide the meaning of phrase or something.
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| Variable | any factor or trait or condition that can exist in differing amounts of type
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| Independent variable | condition or factor manipulated by a scientist during an experiment
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| Dependent variable | experimental variable data collected trough observation and measurement .
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| Problem | something you don’t understand but you can do an experiment to help you understand
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| Research | is the systematic investigation of scientific, theories and hypotheses.
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| Hypothesis | proposed explanation or answer to a specific question.
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| Experiment | procces that tests a hypothesis by collecting information under controlled conditions.
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| Data | observations and measurements recorded during an experiment.
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| Conclusion | summarize how your results support or contradict your original hypothesis.
Control (group) : the study does not receive treatment by the researchers and then is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.
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| Experimental | is the group in a experiment that receives the variable being tested.
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| Constant(s) | is an unchanging standard of comparison in scientific experimentation.
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| Controlled variables | experimental element which is a constant and unchanged troughout the course of the insvetigation.
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| Placebo | an inactive subtance or preparation use as a control in a experiment or test to determine the effectiveness ofa medicinall drug.
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