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Scientific Method
Introduction and Key vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Purpose | the question or problem you have - the reason to do the experiment |
Research | gathering of information to support your hypothesis |
Hypothesis | If...then statement; an educated guess or prediction |
Analysis | your observations and data; organized into charts and graphs so that you can examine thoroughly |
Experiment | the materials and directions or steps that you follow in order to test your hypothesis |
Conclusion | tells if your hypothesis was correct or incorrect and what you learned |
repeated trials | conducting an experiment multiple times to make sure your data is valid |
quantitative data | a description of the data using numbers |
qualitative data | a description of the data using adjectives |
observation | something that can be noted using one of your five senses |
safety goggles | something that protects your eyes during an experiment |
independent variable | manipulated by me; I change it |
dependent variable | changes because something else was changed |
control | a variable that is used as a comparison so it remains unchanged |
constants | things that remain the same during an experiment |