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16 Cards in this Set
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CRITICAL THINKING
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The ability and willingness to assess claims critically and to make judgements on the basis of objective and supported reasons.
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD
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A series of steps followed to solve problems including observation, collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and forming conclusions.
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HYPOTHESIS
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A proposed explanation for a natural phenomenon in an "if" (independent variable) "then" (dependent variable) format.
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VARIABLE
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A factor that changes in an experiment in order to test a hypothesis.
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CONTROL
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The non-variable portion of the experiment that is compared to the data collected from your variable.
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INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
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The variable representing the value being manipulated or changed.
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DEPENDENT VARIABLE
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The observed result of the independent variable being manipulated.
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CONTROL VARIABLE
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The variables that are kept constant to prevent their influence on the independent variable's effect upon the dependent variable.
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LENGTH
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A measure of the straight-line distance between two points (meter).
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MASS
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A measure of the amount of matter in an object (kilogram).
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VOLUME
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A measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space. (cubic meter)
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WEIGHT
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A measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object. (mass X gravity)
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ACCURACY
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How close a measurement is to the true value of the measured quantity.
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PRECISION
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The exactness of a measurement.
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SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
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A prescribed decimal place that determines the amount of rounding off to be done based on the precision of the measurement.
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SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
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A method of expressing a quantity as a number multiplied by ten to the appropriate power.
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