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What are 3 important characteristics of a good scientist?
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Observing
Inferring Predicting |
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What is a hypothesis?
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possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to scientific question
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What is science
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Is the process of gathering knowledge and answering questions about the world and how it works
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What are 3 important charasteristics of a good scientist
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1. observing
2, inferring 3. perdicting |
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wht is Math the language of science
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Because scinetist use math to organize, analyze and present data
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Compare and contrast new and old science
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Today science is divided into different science like chemistry and biology . In ancient time speople didn't make the destinction between science and other forms of investigation.
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List 3 contributions of Ancient Civilzations
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In Egypt astronomers used the moon and stars like a giant clock and made calenders
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second ancient civilization contributions
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The Sumarians devised a system of writing known ans cuniform
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The Third contributons
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Babylonian astronomers made observations of the moon, eclipses and planests venus and mercury
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Four Contributions of Islamic Culture
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Ibn Sina studied medicine and wrote a huge book called the Canon on medicine and an encyclopedia called the Cure
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Second Islamic Contribution
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The study of Alchemy. alchemists looked for ways of changing nonprecios metals such as iron into gold
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Third Islamic Contribution
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Ibn al-Haytham studied the optics of the eye and astronomy and physics
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Fourth Islamic Contributioon
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Abu al-Biruni deigned instruments to for observing the sun, moon and stars
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Define the x and y axis:
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The x axis is the horizontal line of a bar graph
The y axis is the vertical line of a bar graph |