Independent Variable (IV) - The variable that is manipulated (changed on purpose) by the scientist., Dependent Variable (DV) - The variable that is measured in response to the independent variable, Hypothesis - An educated guess or prediction of what will happen in the experiment., Conclusion - A summary of what happened in the experiment., Inferences - An explanation of your observations., Control - The standard for comparison; what you compare you experimental group to., Constant - Stays the same through the entire experiment, observation - Using your senses to gather information., Question/Problem Statement - The first step in the scientific method. A testable question you want answered., Research - Background information about the topic you want to do the experiment on., qualitative data - When words are used to describe what you are observing., quantitative data - When numbers are used to describe what you are observing., analysis - Studying the data/looking over the results of the experiment., bar graph - Graph that is used to compare data., pie or circle graph - Graph that is used to show part of a whole (percentages), line graph - Graph that is used to show change over time.,

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