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24 Cards in this Set
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Science
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Science is the process of using logic, critical thinking, evidence, and prior knowledge to answer questions.
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Scientific method
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The process of doing science
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Observation
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Something you detect around you using any of your 5 senses
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Purpose
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Something you want to figure out based upon your observation
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Hypothesis
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A possible scientific answer based upon logic, observations, prior knowledge and evidence, must be testable.
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Experiment
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Testing the hypothesis by collecting data, often on a data table
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Analysis and Conclusion
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Interpreting your data, graphs often used
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Repeat
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If your experiment doesnt match your hypothesis try again, repeat tested hypothesis to prove valid
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Theory
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Backed by alot of evidence, tested many times, explains a set of observations
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Quantitative Observations
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Taking measurements such as temperature, mass, size, distance, velocity
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Qualitative observations
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Making observations such as color, smell, feel, texture
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Direct Observations
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Things you see
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Indirect Observations
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Things you detect with your other observations
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Inferences
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Something you assume to be true
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Variables
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The conditions that change in a experiment, there are at least two
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Independent Variable
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The variables that change in a experiment, that you control
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Dependent Variable
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The variable that changes as a result of the independent variable. The variable that you don't have control over
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Controlled Experiment
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An expermient that tests the effects of one independent variable at a time.
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Control Group
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The independent variable that is not changed to provide a comparison
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Experiment Group
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Independent variable is changed and the results are compared to the control group
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Metric System
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The universal system of measurement used by scientists used all over, measurements based on the number 10
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Meter
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Universal measurement of length
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Liter
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Universal measurement of volume
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Gram
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Universal measurement of mass
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