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Science Vocabulary 1
7th Grade What is Science
Term | Definition |
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science | process used to investigate what is happening around us in order to solve. |
technology | application of science to make useful products and tools such as computers |
descriptive research | answers scientific questions through observation |
experimental research design | used to answer scientific questions by testing a hypothesis |
model | represents something that is too big, too small, too dangerous |
hypothesis | prediction or statement that can be tested and may be formed by prior knowledge any previous observations |
independent variable | variable that can be changed during an experiment |
dependent variable | factor that is being measured during an experiment |
constant | variable that stays the same during an experiment |
control | sample that is treated like other experimental groups except in the cooling, and sinking in the earth mantle. |