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| Observation | Using your 5 senses (taste, touch, smell, sight, hearing) |
| Inference | A conclusion or guess you make about something based on your observations – it is not directly observable (you cannot see it) |
| Prediction | 1. is based on the results obtained through observation and experimentation, that anyone can repeat, or do again. |
| Scientific Method | a. State the problem |
| Independent variable | The variable that scientists can change, or manipulate. |
| Dependent variable | Is kept the same in the experiment, but changes (reacts) to the independent variable. |
| Classification | a process of organizing or arranging objects into groups according to characteristics they share. |
| Matter | the material, or substance, that makes up an object |
| Quantitative Observations | Observations about quantity (how much, how big) always has a number! |
| Qualitative Observations | Observations about the quality of an object (color, shape, pattern, and texture). |
| Hypothesis | A testable statement based on patterns in observations |
| Mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| Volume | The amount of space an object takes up |
| Linear | means line, measuring a line with the length, the width, and the height |
| Volume calculations | length x width x height |
| Meniscus | the bottom of the curved surface of the water in the cylinder |
| Bar graph | used to show data that is in groups |
| Line graph | used to show a change over time |
