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Scientific Inquiry |
the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world |
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Observation |
involves using one or more of your senses to gather information and collect data |
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Inference |
an interpretation of an observation that is based on evidence or prior knowledge |
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Qualitative observations |
observations based on your senses, describes it physical appearance |
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Quantitative observations |
uses numbers in the observations, calculations, measurements, etc. |
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Hypothesis |
a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question |
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Variables |
factors that can change in an experiment |
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Independent variable |
one variable that is changed to test a hypothesis |
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Dependent variable |
the variable that changes because of the independent variable |
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Constant variable |
all the variables that remain the same |
