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science
chapter 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| science | a way of learning about the natural world through observations and logical reasoning which leads to a body of knowledge |
| observing | the process of using one or more of your senses to gather information |
| quantitative observation | an observation that deals with numbers or amounts |
| qualitative observation | an observations that deals with characteristics that cannot be expressed through numbers or amounts |
| inferring | the process of making an inference,an inter pretation based on observations and orior knowledge |
| predicting | the process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence |
| classifying | the process of grouping together itenms that are alike in some way |
| making models | the process of creating representaions of complex objects or processes |
| evaluating | comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them |
| scientific investigation | the process of which a scientist asks a question about the natural world, collects and anlyzes data to help answer that question, and communicates the results to a scientific community |
| skepticsm | an attitude of doubt |
| personal bias | an outlook influenced by a persons likes and dislikes |
| cultural bias | an outlook influenced by the beliefs,social forms and traits of a group |
| experimental bias | a mistake in the design of an experiment that makes a particular result more likely |
| ethics | the study of principals about what is right and wrong , fair and unfair |
| objective | describes the act of decision making or drawing conclusions based on available evidence |
| subjective | desribes the influence of personal feelings on a decision or conclusion |
| deductive reasoning | a way to explain things by starting with a general idea and then applying the idea to a specific observation |
| inductive reasoning | using specific observatuons to make generalizations |
| scientific inquiry | the ongoing process of discovery in science , the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence they gather |
| hypothesis | a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientififc question , it must be testable |
| variables | a factor that can change in an experiment |
| independent variables | the one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment, also called manipulatied variable |
| dependent variables | the factor that changes as a result of changes to the independent variable in an experiment, also called the responding variable |
| controlled experiment | an experiment in whichg only one variable is manipulated at a time |
| data | facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations |
| scientific theory | a well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results |
| scientific law | a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions |
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