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Science
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organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world; also, the body of knowledge that scientists have built up after years of using this process
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Observation
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use of one or more of the senses—sight, hearing, touch, smell, and sometimes taste—to gather information
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Data
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evidence; information gathered from observations
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Inference
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logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience
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Hypothesis
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possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question
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Spontaneous Generation
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hypothesis (disproven) stating that life could arise from nonliving matter
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Controlled Experiment
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a test of the effect of a single variable by changing it while keeping all other variables the same
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Manipulated Variable
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factor in an experiment that a scientist purposely changes; also known as independent variable
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