Scientific Method Vocab

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A good question to be answered.

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problem

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Process scientists follow for investigations: question, hypothesis, experiment, results...

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scientific method

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Things needed for an experiment.

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Materials

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Results of the experiment.

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Conclusion

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Info collected from an experiment (usually in numbers).

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Data

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Watching events during an experiment.

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Observation

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Prediction about experiment outcome.

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Hypothesis

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Design and conduct tests to verify a hypothesis.

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Experiments

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Keeping records for sharing with scientists.

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Results

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Parts of an experiment that can be changed and affect results.

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Variables