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Gen. Science Mod. 3
Analyze and Interpret Experiments
Term | Definition |
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Experimental Variables | An aspect of the experiment that changes during the course of the experiment. |
Control | The portion of an experiment that you are not changing. |
Surface Tension | A thin film that stretches across the surface of every liquid. |
Blind Study | Experiments in which the participants do not know whether they are a part of the control group. |
Double Blind Study | Experiments in which neither the participants nor the people analyzing the results know who is in the control group. |
Pain Threshold | The point at which a person become aware of pain. |
Subjective | Data being collected depending to some extent on the opinions of people. |
Objective | Data where there is no way opinion can affect the experiment. |
Dissolve | When a substance seems to disappear into another. |
Independent Variable | Variable that is change. |
Dependent Variable | Variable affect by the change. |
Solution | A mixture when one or more solutes dissolve in a solvent. |
Solute | The lesser amount in a solution. |
Solvent | The larger amount in a solution. |
X Axis | The horizontal line in a coordinate system |
Y Axis | The vertical line in a coordinate system |