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What is science?
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Away of learning about nature world and the knowledge gained in the process
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what is scintific inquiry?
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many ways in which scientist study the world around them
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what drives scientific inquiry?
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curiosity
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what is observation
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using one or more senses togather information
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what is an inference
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a logical interpretation based on observatin or prior knowledge
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what is a hypothesis
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a possible explanaton for a set of observations or a set of scientific questions
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what is a variable
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the factors that can change during an experiment
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what is a manipulated variable
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the variable that a scientist changes
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what is a responding variable
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the variable that is expected to change in response the the manipulated variable
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what is a controlled experiment
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an investigationin which all variablesexept one remain constant
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what is data
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the facts figures and other informationthat are controlled during an experiment
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ehat does a conclusion state
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whether or not the data supports the hypothesis
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what is communication
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sharing of ideas and experimental finding with others through writting and speaking
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what is a scientific law
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a statement that describes what scientist expect to happen under a certain set of conditions
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what is scientific theory
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a well tested idea that explains and connects a wide range of observations
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