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Scientific Inquiry

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Respect
Someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges to give honor, hold in high esteem or show proper acceptance or courtesy.
Responsibility
To take ownership of your own situations, obligations, reliability or dependability.
Hypothesis
A possible answer or tentative explanation to a scientific question.
Observation
Information gathered with the senses such as sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste.
Experiment
a procedure designed to test a hypothesis
Procedure
a written step-by-step plan for an experiment
Scientific Question
a question that is precise and can be answered through observation, measurement, testing or analyzing your research.
Conclusion
a statement that explains the observations or the relationship between the variables; an explanation of what the results show
Variable
any factor that can affect the results of an experiment
Dependent Variable
the factor that responds to changes in the independent variable
Control Group
a standard set-up in which all variables are controlled and the experimental results are compared
Experimental Group
a set-up that is identical to the control group of an experiment in every way, except for a change in the variable you are testing
Trial
each repetition of an experiment
Data
information gathered during a scientific experiment or investigation
Scientific Method
a series of steps that a scientist follows to solve a problem or answer a question
Analyze
to examine data to decide what the data show
Independent Variable
the variable the experiment is designed to test, the factor that you can change or manipulate
Inference
a deduction or assumption based on an indirect observation and experience
Prediction
a statement suggesting what might happen in the future based on patterns in data and experiences
Qualitative
information or data that is described in words rather than with numbers
Quantitative
information or data that is expressed using numbers
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