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Scientific Methood 1
experiment
Term | Definition |
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Weight | Is a measure of the pul of gravity on an object |
Mass | Is the amount of matter in a object |
Measurement | describes a quantity such as time, lenght,distanec,mass,volume,or temperature |
experiment | Is a test or trial that produces evidence you can use to help answer a question/hypothesis |
data | collected information, the results of an experiment/investigation |
quantitative data | data that includes numbers (with units) measured during an experiment |
qualitative data | data that include descriptions of things you observe |
hypothesis | is an idea that can be tested by an experiment |
dependent variable | the factor(thing) that is being observed and or measured in an experiment |
independent variable | is the onefactor(thing) that is changed during an experiment |
control variable | varible that stays the same during an experiment |