Scientific Method Vocabulary

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What is something that can be proven true?

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Fact

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What is the step by step process used to answer questions and solve problems?

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Scientific Method

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What is an act of showing HOW something works?

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Demonstration

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What are someone's feelings about a particular topic?

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Opinion

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What is the thing that you measure in an experiment, the outcome of the experiment?

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Dependent Variable

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What is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon that can be tested?

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Hypothesis

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What is the variable that is changed or controlled in an experiment?

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Independent Variable

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What is the first step in the scientific method?

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Ask a Question

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What do you call the information collected during an experiment?

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Data

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What is the purpose of a control in an experiment?

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To provide a standard for comparison