Year 5 Science Experiment Terms

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Hypothesis

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Educated guess or prediction about the outcome of an experiment.

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Prediction

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What you think will happen.

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Independent Variable

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What we are CHANGING

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Dependent Variable

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What we are MEASURING

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Control Variable

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What we are KEEPING THE SAME

• - to ensure it is a fair test.

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Fair test

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A fair test changes ONLY ONE VARIABLE and keeps all the others THE SAME

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Conclusion

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summary of the results of an experiment, stating whether the hypothesis was supported.

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Observation

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the senses to gather information during an experiment.

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Experiment

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scientific procedure to test a hypothesis.

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Results

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outcome of an experiment, often shown in tables or graphs.