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9 Cards in this Set
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Fact, figures and other evidence gathered through qualitative and quantitative observations
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Data
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Well-tested and widely accepted explanation of observations and experimental results.
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Scientific Theory
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Describe observed patterns in nature without trying to explain to patterns.
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Scientific Law
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A possible answer in an experiment
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hypothesis
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Factors that change in an experiment
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variables
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The diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather
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Scientific Inquiry
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A variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis
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independent variable
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The factor that may change in response to the independent variable; sometimes called the responding variable
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dependent variable
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an experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time
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controlled experiment
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