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| the investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations |
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| the variable that can be varied to give different results during the course of an experiment |
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| any factor that remains unchanged and strongly influences values |
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| using one or moer of your senses to gather information and take note of what occurs |
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| something that stands alone and isn't changed by the other variables you are trying to measure |
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| a possible explanation about an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations |
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| the factor that you want to test |
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| is using one or more of your senses to gather informaton and take note of what occurs |
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| a value of measure that came from the manipulated and controlled variables. It is the variable that will change as a result of the change is manipulated. |
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| a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience |
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| a statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events |
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| is a description of how similar or close measurements are to each other |
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| a description of how close a measurement is to an accepted or true value |
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| any factor in an experiment that can have more than one value |
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