Data Collection

Uses sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste.

• Prediction

• Variable

• Observation

• Experiment

The Independent variable...

• Is what intentionally changed in an experiment.

• is what stays the same in an experiment.

• is what gets measured in an experiment.

The Dependent variable...

• is what is intentionally changed in an experiment.

• is what gets measured in an experiment.

• is what changes in an experiment.

The Control variables

• are intentionally changed in an experiment.

• are what gets measured in an experiment.

• are what must stay the same in an experiment.

What is the collection of facts (numbers, measurements, words, observations)

• Experiment

• Data

• Hypothesis

• Observation

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

• hypothesis
• question/problem
• procedures
• conclusion

The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 

• conclusion
• procedures
• materials
• responding variable

A hypothesis is

• A guess

• Data

• A conclusion

• A question

Qualitative data does not

• Have an answer

• Have a number

• Have a question

• Have data

"The door is made of wood." is an example of an

• Inference

• Observation

• Quantitative data