Scientific Method

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A process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answers to questions.

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Problem

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a question that you have that can be answered via an experiment.

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Question

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A scientific question can be answered by making observations with your five senses and gathering evidence.

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Hypothesis

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a testable statement about the relationship between two or more variables or a proposed explanation for some observed phenomenon.

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Experiment

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an empirical procedure that arbitrates competing models or hypotheses.

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Data

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a gathered body of facts.

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Analyze

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to study (something) closely and carefully

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Results

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the final consequence of a sequence of actions or events expressed qualitatively or quantitatively

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Conclusion

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No significant difference existed between the height of stressed plants and non-stressed plants

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Observation

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the act of knowing and recording something.

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Trial

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The act of testing by experience; proof; test.

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Procedure

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an organism that creates its own food or energy

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Independent variable

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the variable you manipulate, control, or vary in an experimental study to explore its effects.

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Dependent variable

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what changes as a result of the independent variable manipulation in experiments.

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Control

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to ensure that the observed results are not just random events;

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Fact

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an indisputable observation of a natural or social phenomenon

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Opinion

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a statement describing a personal belief or thought that cannot be tested (or has not been tested) and is unsupported by evidence

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Guess

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Hypothesis

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Prediction

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describes what the data should look like if the hypothesis or theory fits the real world

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Quantitative

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any pieces of information that can be displayed using numbers.

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Qualitative

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a scientific method of observation to gather non-numerical data

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Inference

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the process of drawing conclusions based on evidence and reasoning

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Communication

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a variety of practices that transmit scientific ideas, methods, knowledge and research to non-expert audiences in an accessible, understandable or useful way

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Bias

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any tendency which prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question

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Metric System

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a decimal-based system

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X-axis

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the horizontal plane of a graph in a Cartesian coordinate system

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Y-axis

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A vertical line on a graph