Question | Answer |
Usage of the 5 senses to gather information | Observation
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Organized series of events used to solve a problem | Scientific Method
| An assumption based on a prior experience | Inference
| A Logo designed to alert you to a specific danger | Safety Symbol
| A testable explanation of a situation | Hypothesis
| A procedure designed to test a hypothesis and collect data | Experiment
| This is used as a standard of comparison in an experiment | Control
| Factors that do not change or remain fixed during an experiment | Constant
| A factor that is measured in an experiment; it changes in response to the independent variable | Dependent Variable
| A factor that is changed on purpose in an experiment | Independent Variable
| Information collected from observations; can be measured qualitatively of quantitatively | Data
| Data that measures a quantity; numerical data | Quantitative
| Data that can be described differently by different people | Qualitative
| Standards of measurement used by most of the world; International System of Units | SI
| A set of moral principles or values | Ethics |