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Scientific Method 23
experiment
Term | Definition |
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weight | is a measure of the pull o gravity on a object. |
mass | is the amount of matter in a object. |
measurement | describes a quantity such as time,lengnth,distance.mass,volume,or temperature. |
experiment | is a test or trial that produces evidence you can use to answer a question/hypothesis. |
data | collected information,the results of an experiment/investigation. |
quantitave data | data that includes numbers(with units)measured during an experiment. |
qualitative data | data that includes discriptions of things you observe. |
hypothesis | is an idea that can be tested by an experiment. |
dependent variable | the factor (thing) that is being measured or observed in an experiment. |
independent variable | is the one factor (thing) that is changed during an experiment. |
control variable | variable that stays the same during an experiment. |