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scientific method

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the way scientist study and learn about the world

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observation

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using your five senses to gather information about something

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qualitative observation

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useing your sences to describe the charastistics of an object-color, texture, taste

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quantitative observation

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using numbers or mesuarments to describe something

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infrence

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an explamation of an oberservation based on prior knowledge

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hypothesis

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a prediction based on prior knowledge. Always written in an if then stament.

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variable

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any factor that can be manipulated, controlled for, or measued in an experiment

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control variable

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what must stay the same in the experiment

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manipulated / independent variable

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the thing that you are testing or changing in an experiment and it is graphed on the x-axis

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dependent/ Responding variable

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what you are measuring or observing in an experiment and it is graphed on the y-axis

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C-E-R

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claim, evidence, Reasinning

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claim

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Is the answer to the quistion you are trying to answer

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evidence

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scientific data that supports your claim.

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Reasinning

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the how or why the evidence supports our claim; scientific rule

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Conclusion

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a written summary of an experiment that uses evidence to prove what you leanred

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THE END

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