The Scientific Method

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What is the summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results?

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Conclusion

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What do you call a set of steps you follow in an experiment?

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Procedure

Front

What is the name of the information that you get from your experiment, organized into charts and graphs?

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Data

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What is a possible explanation to a problem or a prediction that has not yet been tested?

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Hypothesis

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What should scientists always do at the end of the scientific method?

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Share what they learned and their results with other scientists.

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What is the first step of the scientific method?

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Ask a question.

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What do you call the factor that you change in an experiment?

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Independent variable

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What do you call the factor that you measure in an experiment?

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Dependent variable

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What is the purpose of conducting an experiment?

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To test a hypothesis.

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What is a controlled experiment?

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An experiment where only one variable is changed at a time.