| Term | Definition |
| Hypothesis | educated guess |
| experiment | exlpanation of how you are going to prove your hypothesiscorrect or incorrect |
| control | the group that is as a comparison as the orignal group |
| experemental | the group that is being tested using only ONE variable |
| independent variable | this is the varible changed by the scientist |
| dependent | this is what is expected to happen |
| constants | the factors |
| Quantitative | the way the objects looks |
| qualitative | numbers!!!!!!!!! |
| metric unit for volume | ml |
| metric unit for mass | grams |
| tool to measure distance | metric stick |
| tool to measure volume | gradutated cylinder |
| tool to measure mass | triple beem balance |