is copying word for word plaigurism?

Nope, technically it's not plagiarism.

This is what I pulled up on "plagiarism" ...

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Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."[1] Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty or academic fraud and offenders are subject to academic censure, up to and including expulsion. In journalism, plagiarism is considered a breach of journalistic ethics, and reporters caught plagiarizing typically face disciplinary measures ranging from suspension to termination of employment. Some individuals caught plagiarizing in academic or journalistic contexts claim that they plagiarized unintentionally, by failing to include quotations or give the appropriate citation. While plagiarism in scholarship and journalism has a centuries-old history, the development of the Internet, where articles appear as electronic text, has made the physical act of copying the work of others much easier.

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This comes from "wikipedia". It goes on to say that teachers can usually recognize plagiarized work because of their unoriginality. Other students frequently just copy and paste work that is not theirs, and attempt to pass it off as their own work. Often, people caught at plagiarism may insist that they plagiarized unintentionally "by failing to include quotations or give the appropriate citation".

You cited your source. And even though you copied word for word, nobody in their right minds can reasonably accuse you of trying to pass the work off as your own.

I mean, if I were trying to make people believe that I'd written a piece of work called "Tom Sawyer" ... would I take the time to cite Mark Twain as my source?

if you sited every single source you used, not exactly. Your teacher or who ever assigned the project was probably looking for a SUMMARY of the experiment, or for you to at least put it in you own words. With most research projects you use the IDEAS of a person, book, website, etc. not just copying it word for word. But if you sited your sources and made it clear this is not my ideas but someone else's then it is not plagiarism. But try next time on a research project to put the work into you own words.

Yes, if the internet experiment was basically your entire project, then that is plagiarism. You`re meant to find the information yourself, through your own experiments and experience, not by taking someone else`s work. You could have used the source to supplement and support your findings, but it cannot replace your own research.

No,

But it IS plagiarism.

That's a fancy word for copying, cheating, and calling it your own work.

Yeah, when you take someone else's work, and put your name on it, you get in trouble.

Copying and pasting is NOT doing research.

Yes. That is Plagiarism. It doesn't matter if you cited it. If you wanted to use the information on the site, you should have re-worded it in your words.

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Yes, if you copy word to word, it is plagiarism.

When asked to cite your info. You're suppose to get the information from multiple internet sources, not copy their information, just take piece of it and change it into your word.

WRITE IN UR OWN DAMN FU*KIN WORDS AND STOP COPYING OTHER PEOPLES WORK,

U ARE MEANINGLESS TO THIS WORLD, YOU ARE LAME AND STOOPID YOU GET A LIFE N STOOP WRITING SH*T IN OTHER PEOPLES QUESTIONS YOU LIFELESS DUMB SH*T

Yeah, u cant do it word for word!=)

yea, u did but u didnt