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| Scientific Inquiry | the process that scientitst use to answer questions about our world |
| observation | use of senses to gather information |
| Qualitative observation | describes the appearance of something |
| Quantitative observation | observations that include numbers |
| Inference | something you THINK based on your observations |
| Prediction | a forecast of what will happen uses "if" and "then" |
| problem | formed by asking a question about something you want to learn about |
| hypothesis | a statement that contains the independent and dependent variables, NOT a fact |
| 7 steps to scientific inquiry | observation, problem, hypothesis, prediction, Testing, data/results, conclusion |
| How is data gathered? | Data is gathered by observations that are made in an experiment |
| independent variable | the one variable you can change |
| dependent variable | the one variable that is counted or measured |
| Data/Results are shown in ? | a data table or graph |
| Extraneous variables | variables that stay the same |
| conclusion | states whether or not your hypothesis was supported or not. |
| Scientific Law | a rule of nature, does not need testing |
| in a data table the independent variable goes on the | left |
| in a data table the dependent variable goes on the | right |
| on a graph the independent variable is on the | horizontal axis |
| on a graph the dependent variable goes on the | vertical axis |
| Analysis | detailed summary of results, use standard deviation/chi square, why these results? |
| objective observation | observation not influenced by emotion or personal opinion |
| subjective observation | observation influenced by personal opinion |
| Empirical | can be proven by experimentation, can be verified |
| Non-empirical | cannot be proven by experimentation, cannot be verified |
| fact | something you can verify (prove) |
| theory | a well tested explanation that makes sense of observations |
