| A | B |
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| Question | What does the scientist want to learn more about? |
| Research | Gathering of Information |
| Hypothesis | An "educated" guess to the answer of a question |
| Procedure | Written and carefully followed step-by-step experiment developed to test the hypothesis |
| Data | Information collected during the experiment |
| Observation | Written description of what was noticed during the experiment |
| Conclusion | Was the hypothesis correct of incorrect? |
| Experiment | A procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover something, to test a hypothesis |
| Control Group | The group in the experiment that does not take on the changes you make. |
| Controlled Variables | The variables that must remain the same throughout the experiment. |
| Dependent Variable | Something that may change as a result of the variable you changed. It is the variable that you measure to determine which is "BEST." |
| Metric System | Measurement system used by scientists. |
| Variable | Something that can be changed, but doesn't have to be. |
