| Term | Definition |
|---|
| science | process used to investigation what is happening around us in order to solve problems or answer quiestions |
| technology | application of science to make useful products and tools, such as computers |
| descriptive research | answers scientific quistions through observation |
| experimental research design` | used to answer scientific quiestions by testing a hypothesis through the use of a series of carefully controlled steps |
| scientific methods | ways to solve problems that can include step-by-step plans, making models and carefully thought out experiments |
| model | represents something that is 2 big 2 small dangerous slow fast time consuming |
| hypothesis | prediction or statement that can be tested and may be formed by prior knowledge any previos observations, and new information |
| independant variable | variable that can be changed during an experiment |
| dependant variable | factor that is being measured during an experiment |
| constant | variable that stays the same during an experiment |
| control | sample that is treated like other experiment groups except that the independant variable is not applied to it |
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