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| The ongoing process of discovery in science; the diverse way in which scientist study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence they gather. |
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| A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question;must be testable. |
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| A factor that can change in an expirement |
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| The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; also called independent variable. |
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| The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent variable in an experiment; also called dependent variable |
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| An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time |
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| A statement that describes how to measure a particular variable or how to define a particular term |
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