DEFINITIONS AND VOCABULARY
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
RESEARCH
EXPERIMENT TERMS
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A substance that is not able to be dissolved in liquid, especially water is called...

INSOLUBLE

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SCIENTIFIC METHOD USUALLY BEGINS WHEN A PERSON EITHER THINKS ABOUT OR DOES THIS

OBSERVATION AND/OR A QUESTION

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IN HISTORY MANY DISCOVERIES THAT HAVE BECOME VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR LIVES WHERE DISCOVERED BY WHAT PROCESS

ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERIES THAT OCCUR WHILE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT

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SET OF CONTROLLED OBSERVATIONS ARE OFTEN CALLED A 

EXPERIMENT

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THE STUDY OF MATTER 

CHEMISTRY

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A QUESTION, STATEMENT OR PREDICTION ABOUT AN EXPERIMENT

HYPOTHESIS

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A SCIENTIST THAT SPECIALIZES IN CHEMICALS IS OFTEN CALLED A 

CHEMIST

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An object, event, idea, feeling, time period, or any other type of category you are trying to measure.

A Variable

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ANOTHER NAME FOR CHEMICALS

SUBSTANCES

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THE END OF A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT OR STUDY ENDS WITH THIS.

CONCLUSION

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OFTEN SCIENTISTS CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS REACH A CONCLUSION THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY PREDICTED- TRUE OR FALSE

FALSE- THE CONCLUSION IS OFTEN FAR DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY PREDICTED.

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A VARIABLE THAT STANDS ALONE AND IS NOT CHANGED BY OTHER CONDITIONS IS CALLED 

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

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A substance that is able to be dissolved, especially in water is called. 

Soluble

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DURING THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY IT IS IMPORTANT TO COLLECT 

DATA

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THE METHOD FOR SOLVING QUESTIONS IN CHEMISTRY.

SCIENTIFIC METHOD

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A VARIABLE THAT IS DEPENDENT ON OTHER CONDITIONS OR FACTORS IN CALLED 

A DEPENDENT VARIABLE.