Observation
Something noticed about an event, object, organism, etc.
Hypothesis
An educated guess that can be tested.
Independent variable
A variable that is not affected by other variables.
Dependent variable
A variable that is changed by other variables.
Data / Datum
Fact/facts collected for refernce or analysis
Infer
To make an educated guess based on evidence and logic.
Conclude
To make a final clame besed on the overal results of the experiment..
Theory
An expliantion of something in the natural world that has been reasearched and tested many times but can't techenicaly be proven, even if considered absolute fact.
Law (scientific)
A statment that describes something in the natural world that has been proven absoulutly true.
Collaborate
To work together with others on something.
Experimental Group
A group who are exposed to the independent variable in an experment.
Controls
Experiments made to minimize the effects of varriables other than the independent variable.
Constants
Quantities that dont change in an expermient.
Scientific journal
An artical where scientist pubish their finding to be used as reference or reasearch.
Qualitative Data
Data that describes physical traits.
Quantitative Data
Data that can be measured with numbers.