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VOCAB
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10
Science
8th Grade
08/02/2011

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Term

Control

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Definition

THE VERIABLE DOES NOT CHANGE

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Term

TRAIL

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Definition
°an opportunity to test something out; a test.
"They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week."
°appearance at judicial court.
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Hypothesis

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Definition
supposition, theory, thesis, educated guess
Term

Variable

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Definition
something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
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Independent variable

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Definition

In an equation, any variable whose value is not dependent on any other in the equation.

The variable that is changed in a series of experiments.

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Dependent variable

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Definition
In an equation, the variable whose value depends on one or more variables in the equation.
"In the equation z = x2 + y, z is the dependent variable."
°an outcome measured to see the effectiveness of the treatment.
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Inference

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Definition

 

°The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
°That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
Term
Placebo
Definition

°A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inerttreatment.
°Anything of no real benefit which nevertheless makes people feel better.

Term
Quantitative data
Definition

Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.
°Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element orcompound in a sample.

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Qualitative data
Definition

of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.
°of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.

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