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Our experiment tested which material absorbed the most water.
What does Experiment mean?
a planned test used to answer a question, or to try something and observe the result.
Dictionary definition
A controlled investigation used to test an idea, answer a question, or learn how something works; as a verb, experiment means to try a method or idea and observe what happens.
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Experiment in a sentence
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The class changed one variable and measured the result in each trial.
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Scientists experiment with methods, document unexpected results, and revise explanations when evidence disagrees with a prediction.
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What is a science experiment?
An experiment uses a planned method, observations, and evidence.
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Which investigation is the fairest experiment?
Controlling relevant variables helps connect a result to the factor being tested.
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Which sentence uses experiment as a verb?
Here, experiment means to try methods or designs and observe the results.
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Partnoun, verb.
MeaningExperiment means a planned test used to answer a question, or to try something and observe the result.
ExampleExample: Our experiment tested which material absorbed the most water.
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Does Experiment have an opposite?
Experiment has investigation and trying-out senses but no direct antonym. Guess, confusion, evidence, and method name different parts or conditions rather than opposites.
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Experiment word family
Base word
experiment
noun
experiments
More than one experiment; it can also mean tries methods or ideas.
adjective
experimental
Related to an experiment or being tried as a test.
noun
experimenter
A person who performs an experiment.
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An experiment is planned so evidence can answer a question; it is more than simply trying something once.
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An experiment is not automatically fair because it happens in science class. Its method must control relevant variables and gather usable evidence.
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Groups critique three short experiment plans, identify changing and controlled variables, repair one unfair plan, and design a results table before conducting any test.
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What makes an experiment fair and useful? Discuss the question, tested variable, controlled conditions, repeated trials, measurements, and records.
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