Scientific Observations and Experimentation

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QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATIONS/ DATA

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Facts you can measure or count

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QUALITATIVE OBSERVATIONS/ DATA

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Facts you can see, touch, taste, smell, or hear

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INFERENCE

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Conclusions based on your observations and prior knowledge

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HYPOTHESIS

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A proposed explanation to a scientific question (If-Then format)

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INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

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Factor that is changed or tested in an experiment

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DEPENDENT VARIABLE

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Responding factor that is measured or observed in an experiment

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CONSTANTS/CONTROLLED VARIABLES

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Factors that are kept the same for both groups in an experiment

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EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

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Group that gets the Independent Variable

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CONTROL GROUP

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Group that does not get the independent variable

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TRIALS

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Number of times an experiment is performed