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Science |
a way of learning about the natural world through observations and logical reasoning; leads to a body of knowlage |
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Observing |
The process of using one or more of your senses to gather information |
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Inferring |
Making an inference; an interpretation based on observations and prior knowlage |
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Predicting |
Forecasting what will happen in the future based an past experience or evidence |
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Scientific Inquiry |
The process of discovery in science; the ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence |
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Hypothesis |
A possible explanation for an observation or answer to a scientific question; must be testable |
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Controllable Expirament |
An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time |
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Variable |
A factor that can change in an experiment |
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Manipulated Variable |
The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; also called independent variable |
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Responding Variable |
The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment; also called dependent variable |
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Data |
Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations |
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Scientific Theory |
A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations |
