Term
|
Definition
| The ongoing process of discovery in science;the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence the gather. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a possible explanation to a scientific question; must be testable. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a factor that can change in an experiment. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; also called independent variable. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment; also called dependent variable. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time. |
|
|
