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Natural philosophy |
philosophical speculation about nature. |
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What characteristics does science have to meet in order to be accepted ? |
Reproducible, Testable, Tentative, Predictive, and Explanatory |
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Scientific laws |
Large amounts of scientific data can sometimes be summarized in brief statement |
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Scientific theory |
A theory represents the best current explanation for a phenomenon, but it is always tentative. |
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Scientific variable |
A variable is something that can change over the course of an experiment. If, for example, we wanted to study in th |
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2 types of scientific research |
Applied research and basic research |
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Applied research |
work oriented toward the solution of a particular problem in an industry or the environment. Ex: finding a new substance for use of drugs or pesticides |
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Basic research |
the search for knowledge for its own sake |
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