Nature of Science Vocabulary

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The factor in an experiment that will be changed.

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independent variable

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You use your five senses to describe something.

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observation

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The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results, and refers to the hypothesis using data.

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conclusion

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This part of the experiment serves as a basis of comparison; the one variable being tested has been omitted. (not changed)

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control group

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A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question.

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scientific method

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The test of a hypothesis is called a

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experiment

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Things that stay the same throughout the whole experiment are called

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constants

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The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs). Options: observations
conclusion, data, variables, hypothesis

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data

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What is a hypothesis?

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Your best "educated guess" of what the answer to your question will be

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A possible explanation to a problem or question that has not yet been tested.

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hypothesis