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10 Cards in this Set
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Fact
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A close agreement by competaent observers of the same phenomenon
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Scientific Law
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A despcription of a natural occurance that has been observed many times. A concise but very general statement about the behaviour of the natural world.
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Theory
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A reasonable explanation supported by experiments.
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Hypothesis
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Tentative explanatiually based on a number of observations.
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Model
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A qualitative description expressed through analogy.
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Ockam's Razor
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When presented with a range of explanations, pick the simplest one that satisfies all observed facts.
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Scientific Question
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One that can be reproducable.
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Mean
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Sum of values / number of values
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Range
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Biggest-smallest
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Uncertainty
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range/n where n=number of values
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