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| title | name of the experiment |
| problem | the purpose of the experiment, the question you are trying to answer |
| observation | a report made by using one of your five senses |
| inference | a conclusion based on evidence about events that have already occurred |
| prediction | a forecast of what may happen in a future situation |
| hypothesis | a prediction about the relationship between two variables; an educated guess |
| experiment | a fair test driven by a hypothesis |
| procedure | the directions |
| constant | factors that stay the same in an experiment |
| materials | items you need to do an experiment |
| number of trials | the number of times you repeat the experiment |
| classify | put into groups based on similarities |
| variable | something that can be changed |
| independent variable | the factor (part) of the experiemnt that is changed by the experimenter |
| dependent variable | the part of an experiment that changes as a result of the independent variable |
| results | what you observe to happen - data |
| conclusion | result or outcome; what you learned - was the hypothesis true or false |
| evaluation | how the experiment went or what you would do differently |
| metric system | a system of measurement used by scientists (meters, milliliters, grams, degrees Celsius |
| communication | how you share the information when the experiments are done |
