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Experiments
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Experiments
• Scientists use an experiment to search for cause and effect relationships.
• They design an experiment so that changes to one item cause something else to vary in a predictable way.
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Experiments
• Variable = one of the things in an experiment that can be changed or controlled
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Experiments
• A good experiment must…– Be able to be repeated– Change only one variable at a time
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Experiments
• Scientists must be able to check each others work for accuracy.
• If more than one variable changes in an experiment, it may be difficult to find the variable that was responsible for the results.
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Change Variable
• A variable that is changed by the scientist. • A good experiment has only one change
variable.• As the scientist changes this variable, he/she
observes what happens.• Also called the independent variable.
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Responding Variable
• Scientist observes how the responding variable changes to the change made to the change variable.
• The responding variable is caused by or depends on the change variable.
• Also called the dependent variable.
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Controlled variables
• Quantities that a scientist wants to stay constant.
• Sometimes called constant variables.
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Control Group
• Control group = a group of subjects that is separated from the rest of the experiment where the change variable cannot influence the results
• Serves as a comparison group
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Check for Understanding
• What happens to the other variables of the experiment that are not changing?
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Check for Understanding
• Why do experiments need to be repeated?
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Check for Understanding
• Why do simple experiments have only one variable that changes?