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Life science or biology |
.Is the study of all living things. like plants, animals and even single cell organisms
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Earth Science |
Deals with the Earth and space-things like planets, stars and rocks. Earth science studies nonliving things and their history.
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Physical Science |
All about matter and energy. Most basic building blocks of the universe. Includes physics (energy interacting with matter) and chemistry this is matter and how it is transformed)
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Scientific inquiry
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The strategy used for scientific investigations
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Hypothesis
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A prediction or proposed explanation that can be tested
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Observation
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Using all of your senses and scientific instruments to describe a thing or event
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Conclusion
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The findings of your scientific investigation
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Quantitative |
Information or data based on countable measurements of something
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Qualitative
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Information based on the qualities of something
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A model
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Is a representation of Something that is hard to observe in real life. models simplify things to make observing and thinking about them easier. They are tools for scientist.
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Physical models
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A globe or diorama would be an example
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Computer models
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I guess simulation of changing weather patterns were 3-D simulations of people or places yes
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Mathematical model
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Like the equation of a line or a business using past cost to predict future costs
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Scientific inquiry
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1 ask a question
2 do background research 3 make out a hypothesis 4 test your hypothesis with experiments and observations 5 analyze results 6 make a conclusion about your hypothesis 7 if false: Making new hypothesis and begin the process again 8 if true share results |
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Predictions
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Scientific ideas start as predictions, and evidence may or may not support them
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Theory
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A theory is a proposed explanation that has been extensively tested and is based on many observations
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Law
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A scientific law, like a theory is based on many observations in law is a rule that describes how something in nature behaves but not necessarily white behaves that way.
A lot describes what happens under certain conditions |
