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12 Cards in this Set
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Observation
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a statement made based upon our 5 senses
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Inference
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an interpretation of the observations or a form of inductive reasoning
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Taxis
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a stimulus that forces an organism to adapt
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Scientific question
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a question we make about why the world works in a certain way and can be answered with our five senses
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Desiging experiments
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You create a question. Indentify the IV and DV. Set up the experiment to manipulate the IV. Write out procedure and materials and hypothesis and test it
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IV
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the variable that is purposely changed
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DV
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the variable that changes based upon the manipulation of the IV
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Hypothesis
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a proposed explanation for a set of observations and inferences: “If…Then…because” form
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Controlled experiment
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when all the variables except the DV and IV are kept the same througput each trial
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Control group
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the group of data that is not effected by the IV. All other data is compared to it
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Quantatative
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observations using numbers
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Qualitative
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info or data that doesn’t use #s like the insect was black or something was the shape of something else
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