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1
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What does Scientific Methods mean

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A series of steps followed to solve problems

2
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What is an Hypothesis

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an explanation that is based on prior scientific research or observations and that can be tested

3
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What is Controlled Experiment

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an experiment that tests only one factor at a time by using a comparison of a control group with an experimental group

4
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What is variable

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a factor that changes in an experiment in order to test a hypothesis

5
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What is control group

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is defined as the group in an experiment or study that does not receive treatment by the researchers and is then used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do

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What is Experimental group

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is a group that receives a treatment in the experiment

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Step 1

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Ask a question

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Step 2

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Make a hypothesis

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Step 3

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Conduct an experiment

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Step 4

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Collect Data

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Step 5

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Analyze information

12
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Step 6

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Report results

13
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Measures length

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Meter

14
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Measures liquids

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Liters

15
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Mass is the measure of

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Grams

16
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what is volume

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a measure of the size of a body or region in three dimensional space

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What is mass

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a measure of the amount of matter in an object

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What is density

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comparison of the mass to the volume of an object

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what is area

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a measure of the size of the surface or region

20
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what is Celsius

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the scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees under standard conditions