Scientific Investigation Flashcards

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Is a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers

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Scientific investigation

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What are the steps in scientific investigation?

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Problem, data, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion, application

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Can be identified after a thorough observation or relying on exiting data

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Problem

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Gathering of data in a form of research, interview or existing data

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Data

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Scientific guess

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Hypothesis

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Testing the hypothesis

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Experiment

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A ________ is any item, factor or condition that can be controlled or changed

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Variable

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Make a statement that accept or reject the hypothesis

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Conclusion

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Putting something into use/operation based from the outcome of the experiment

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Application

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What are the 3 kinds of variables?

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Manipulated, dependent, controlled

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Is a factor or condition that is intense ally changed by an investigator in an experiment

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Manipulated variable

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Is a factor or condition that might be affected as a result of that change

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Dependant variable

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A variable that is not changed is called a _________

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Controlled variable

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