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26 Cards in this Set
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Science |
Involves objective, logical, and repeatable attempts to understand the principles and forces working in the natural universe |
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Scientific Skepticism |
Questions claims based on their scientific verifiability rather than accepting claims based on faith or anecdotes |
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Deduction |
Involves determining a single fact from a general statement; it is only as accurate as the statement. |
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Induction |
Determining a general statement that is very likely to be true, from several facts |
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Scientific Method |
The process of scientific investigation |
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Hypothesis |
A suggested explanation based on evidence that can be tested by observation or experimentation |
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Observation |
The act of noting or detecting phenomenon by the senses. For example, taking measurements is a form of observation |
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Experiment |
A test that is used to rule out a hypothesis or validate something already known |
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Controls |
Subjects that are not tested during the investigation |
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Variables |
Is a factor that can change over the course of an experiment |
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Independent Variable |
Factors whose values are controlled by the experimenter to determine its relationship to the dependent variable. |
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Dependent Variable |
Change in response to the independent variable |
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Constants |
The variables that are kept constant to prevent them from influencing the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable. |
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Accuracy |
Is the measure of how close a calculated or measured quantity is to its actual value |
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Precision |
Reproducibility and repeatability of experiments are cornerstones of scientific methods. |
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Error |
A boundary on the precision and accuracy of the result of a measurement |
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Scientific Theories |
Hypotheses which have stood up to repeated attempts at falsification and are thus supported by a great deal of data and evidence |
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Scientific Laws |
Refer to rules for how nature will behave under certain conditions |
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Scientific Journals |
Communicate and document the results of research carried out in universities and various other research institutions |
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Peer Review |
A process of opening a scientist’s research or ideas (in the form of a scientific paper) to examination by other scientists who are experts in the same field |
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Bias |
A position for favoring one particular point of view over another, and it is usually based on preconceived ideas about a situation |
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Ethics |
The discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad, right and wrong |
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Biotechnology |
Technology based on biology; it involves the use of organisms or biological processes and can be especially used in agriculture, food science, and medicine |
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Bioremedition |
The use of microorganisms to clean up contaminated sites such as an oil spill |
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Simulation |
A model that runs over time |
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Theory |
The scientific community holds that a greater amount of evidence supports these ideas than contradicts them |
