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27 Cards in this Set
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Analyzing data |
The process of inspecting and interpreting data to discover useful information about drawing conclusions |
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Bias |
Anything that sways an experiments results in a way that makes them inaccurate |
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Conclusion |
The solution or answer to the hypothesis |
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Control |
Factors that are kept the same or constant during an experiment |
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Controlling the variables |
The process during an experiment in which every condition that is different is accounted for and held constant |
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Dependent variable |
Factors that are changed in response to the independent variable during an experiment |
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direct relationship |
A relationship between variables in which an increase or decrease as one variable causes the other variable to do the same |
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Error |
A mistake |
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Evidence |
Information or results that support or counter a hypothesis |
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Fair test |
an experiment in which only one variable is changed |
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Falsifiable |
It is possible to reach results that prove the hypothesis to be false |
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Hypothesis |
A prediction or an educated guess that answers a question |
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Independent variable |
Factors that are changed by a scientist do to an experiment |
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Inference |
statements and observations that include additional knowledge |
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Inverse relationship |
A relationship between variables in which an increase or decrease in one variable causes the other to do the opposite |
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Investigation design |
A procedure designed to answer a scientific question |
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Limitations |
Parts of the experiment that can be controlled |
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Linear relationship |
A relationship between variables that indicates a constant rate of change |
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Nonlinear relationship |
a relationship between variables that indicates the rate of change is either increasing or decreasing |
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observation |
Information gathered using the senses |
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Prediction |
A scientific belief about hypothesis |
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Reliable |
What an experiment is considered if the same process can be repeated by another scientist to prove the same results |
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Scientific method |
A series of steps used to gather and test information |
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Testable hypothesis |
A hypothesis that can be answered through investigation |
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Trend |
A pattern / a prevailing tendency |
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Trial |
One of a number of repetitions of an experiment |
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Variable |
A factor that changes in an experiment |
