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10 Cards in this Set
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What is a hypothesis?
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A prediction about how the independent variable will affect the dependent variable
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What is a variable?
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Things in an experiment that change or could be changed
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What are constants?
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The things in an experiment that are kept the same
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What are repeated trials?
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The number of experiment repetitions,or the number of objects or organisms tested for each level of the independent variable
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What is an independent variable?
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The variable you change on purpose
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CONTROL
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HYPOTHESIS
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INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
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DEPENDENT VARIABLE
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What is the control?
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The standard for comparison in an experiment; often the group that receives no amount of the independent variable, but can also be chosen by the investigator as a comparison group such as the normal situation
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VARIABLES
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CONSTANTS
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What is a dependent variable?
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The variable that changes as a result of what you changed
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