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28 Cards in this Set
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General to specific
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Deduction
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Reference unit for volume in metric system
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Liter
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Educated guess as to causation
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Hypothesis
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Amount of matter in a sample
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Mass
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Hypothesis that stood the test of time
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Theory
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Average kinetic energy of molecules
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Temperature
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Specific to general
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Induction
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How much space an object occupies
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Volume
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Reference unit for mass in the metric system
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Gram (g)
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Reference unit for length in the metric system
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Meter (m)
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An educated guess as to the casual basis of some natural event.
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Hypothesis
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The type of reasoning used to formulate a hypothesis is this type of logic.
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Inductive
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Variables that remain constant in an experiment are
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Controlled variables
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The ability of others to replicate the results of an experiential is called
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Reproducibility
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Karl Popper said that the scientific status of a hypothesis rests on its
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Falsifiability
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A measurement of the effect of gravity on an object that can change from place to place
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Weight
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A measure of how fast particles in a substance are moving
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Kinetic energy
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The metric system is based on units of
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Ten
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The system of measurement used in the United States is called the
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American Standard System
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The system used in most of the world
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The Metric system
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A __ relationship between two phenomena is a more powerful statement about casuality than a __ relationship
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Cause and effect; correlation
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An "educated guess" as to the casual nature of some natural phenomenon is called
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A hypothesis
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The type of logic that proceeds from the specific to general is called
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Induction
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The ___ variable is manipulated by the __ group of an experiment
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Independent, control
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If the prediction generated from a hypothesis comes true we have obtained __ and our hypothesis is __
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Positive results; supported
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A hypothesis that stood the test of time may be elevated to
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Theory
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5 kilometers is equal to
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5,000 meters
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The freezing point of water in Celsius
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0 degrees
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