IS NOT an educated guess. It is an un testable

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? AhypothesisISNOTaneducatedguess.Itisanuncertainexplanationforanobservation,phenomenon,or

scientificproblemthatcanbetestedbyfurtherinvestigation. ? Yourhypothesisshouldbesomethingthatyoucanactuallytest,what'scalledatestablehypothesis.In

otherwords,youneedtobeabletomeasureboth"whatyoudo"and"whatwillhappen." UseanIf...Then...statement. ? Iftheindependentvariablechanges,thenthedependentvariablewillchange. ? Iftheamountofsoapincreases,thentheamountofwaterwillincrease. ? IfIopenthefaucet[faucetopeningsizeistheindependentvariable],thenitwillincreasetheflowofwater

[flowofwateristhedependentvariable]. ? If a plant receives fertilizer [having fertilizer is the independent variable], then it will grow to be bigger

thanaplantthatdoesnotreceivefertilizer[plantsizeisthedependentvariable]." ? IfIputfendersonabicycle[havingfendersistheindependentvariable],thentheywillkeeptheriderdry

whenridingthroughpuddles[thedependentvariableishowmuchwatersplashesontherider]."

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