SOL #1 Scientific Investigation

Question 1

The group or groups that are being tested.

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Experimental Group

Question 2

Something that changes or is changed in an experiment.

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Variable

Question 3

Something that remains the same in an experiment.

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Constant

Question 4

The variable that is measured; DATA; the "then" part of a hypothesis

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Dependent Variable

Question 5

An assumption made based on observations.

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Inference

Question 6

Data that is written as a description (uses words).

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Qualitative

Question 7

The group that is used as a basis of comparison.

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Control Group

Question 8

An educated guess, often written as an "if...then" statement.

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Hypothesis

Question 9

Something that "I" (the experimenter) change; the "if" in an "if...then" statement

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Independent Variable

Question 10

Information gathered using your five senses.

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Observation

Question 11

A type of data that is always written as a number.

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Quantitative

Question 12

Each time you repeat an experiment with the same procedures, it counts as another...

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Trial

Question 13

When a hypothesis has been tested and supported many times, it becomes a...

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Theory

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