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scientific experiments involve testing what kind of relationship

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a cause and effect relationship

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what is a cause and effect relationships

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one things causes another thing to happen

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what is the scientific process

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the steps that scientists follow to test cause and effect relationship’s

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how many steps are there for the scientific process

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1) aim 2) hypothesis 3)method 4) results 5)conclusions

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what is the aim

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a statement which gives the reason or purpose for carrying out an experiment

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what do aims always start with

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To investigate

To determine

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what is a hypothesis

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is a prediction about what you think will happen in the experiment

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independent variable

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thing we change

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dependent variable

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thing we measure

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two types of variable

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independent and dependent variable

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levels of the independent variable

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the number of different versions of the IV there are in an experiment

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operationalising variables

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defining how the variables are going to be measured

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what is the method

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exact procedure that the researcher follows

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what are results

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the changes observed during an experiment

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what is the conclusion

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interpretation of the results

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