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11 Cards in this Set
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Science
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A body of knowledge about our universe that forms a seamless web. It is based onreproducible obserations and experimetns
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Scientific Method
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A way of asking and answering questoins about our physical universe
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Scientific Method: Observatoin
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without manipulation
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Scientific Method: Experimentation
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Manipulate some as of nature and observe the outcome. Repeated.
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Scientific Method: Theory
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Description based on preponderance of evidence (fully tested)
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Scientific Method: Preditiction and Testing
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-a guess of how a particular system will behave
-tests don't prove or disprove theory, act certain way with certain variables |
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Law of Nature
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overarching statement of how the universe works after a group of theories have been tested
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Falisifiability
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-testable
-every theory or law of nature is subject to change, based on new observations |
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Valid Hypotheisis
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-Falsifiability
-Reproducible |
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Pseudoscience
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-not testable or reproducible
-UFOs, astrology |
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Research: Basic
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-for knowledge sake
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