scientific method vocabulary. scientific method research question: you see something happen and you...
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Scientific Method
Vocabulary
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Research Question: You see something happen and you ask “why?”
Hypothesis: An “if…then” statement that describes the experiment; MUST include the independent variable and the dependent variable
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Independent Variable: the part of the experiment you choose to change
Dependent Variable: the part of the experiment that you measure or count; it’s the outcome
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Control: it’s what you compare the results of the experiment with; it’s often the first trial
Constants: only one part of the experiment may be changed, so everything else are the constants; the word constants means “unchanging”
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Repeated trials: performing many sets of the experiment REDUCES ERROR