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What is the scientific method? .
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Observation, Hypothesis, Testing, and Conclusion
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A good experiment should have a?
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Control Group. A control group is not exposed to the experimental variable.
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What is Inductive Reasoning? .
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Uses separate observations to arrive at general principles
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What is deductive reasoning?
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Reasoning from general principles to specific conclusion.
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A statement that might be true is called a what?
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Hypothesis
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In principle it must be possible to do what in order for a hypothesis to be consider scientific.
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Disprove it.
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When a group of related hypothesis have been supported it is called a?
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Theory
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If one of the related hypotheses is disproven the theory is demoted and called a what?
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Principle
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