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38 Cards in this Set
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Step 1 |
question or observation |
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Step 2 |
Hypothesis |
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Hypothesis |
a prediction statement in a complete sentence |
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Step 3 |
Test |
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Test |
create atmosphere to see if your prediction is correct |
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Step 4 |
data, observation, measurement |
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Step 5 |
analyze the data |
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Step 6 |
Conclusion |
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Conclusion |
accept or reject your prediction |
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Step 7 |
repeat |
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Step 8 |
publish |
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Publish |
the best way to show your ideas |
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Step 9 |
theory |
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analyze |
to break down |
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independent variable |
one thing that will independently affect all other things |
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dependent variable |
depends on if the independent variable makes its change |
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prediction statement |
sets up an expeirment |
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qualitative data |
observation of quality |
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quantitative data |
observation of quantity |
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recording method |
how you're going to keep track of the data |
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experimental group |
group of test subjects with the independent variable |
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control group |
group of test subjects without the independent variable |
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Recording data |
chart or graph |
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synthesis |
putting things together |
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Conclusion |
type of synthesis that restates the hypothesis and rejects or accepts said hypothesis while using data |
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science |
organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world |
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observation |
process of gathering information about events or a process in an orderly way |
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data |
information gathered from observation |
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operational definition |
description of how certain variables are to be measured and how the term is to be defined |
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spontaneous generation |
idea that life can arise of non-living matter |
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Francesco Redi |
observed that maggots appear several days after flies appeared; proved spontaneous generation wasn't true |
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biogenesis |
generating from life |
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biosphere |
living planet |
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flow of energy and cycling of matter |
two processes that connect organisms with their environment |
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cells |
the smallest units that can be considered alive |
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unicellular organisms |
living things that consist of only one cell |
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multicellular organisms |
living things that consist of more than one cell |
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unity of life |
all living things are fundamentally alike at the molecular level |