| A | B |
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| qualitative observation | what you can learn about an object using your 5 senses, a quality of an object |
| quantitative observation | what you can learn about an object using numbers or measurements |
| inference | a conclusion based on your observations |
| scientific method | the process scientists use to develop and perform a scientific experiment |
| hypothesis | an education guess about what will happen in an experiment |
| procedure | the steps you follow in order to do your experiment |
| data | the information you collect while doing your experiment |
| control | the things you keep the same in an experiment |
| independent variable | the cause, or the part of the experiment the scientist changes on purpose |
| dependent variable | the effect or the part of the experiment that the scientists measures, or observes |
| conclusion | At the end of the experiment you see if you proved your hypothesis. |
