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science flash cards
Term | Definition |
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science | a way of learning about the natural world and the knowledge gained through that process |
scientific inquiry | the diverse ways in which scientists explore problems and seek to answer questions about the natural world |
observation | using all 5 senses to gather information |
inference | an interpretation baed on observaton and prior knowledge |
hypothesis | a prossible explantion for a set of observation or an answer to a scientific question |
controlled experiment | an experiment in which all factors except one are kept constant |
variable | any factor that can change in an experiment |
manipulated variable | the one factor that a scientist changes during an expeeriment;also called an indendent variable |
responding variable | the factor that changes as a result of changes made by the manipulated variable in an experiment;also called the dendent variable |
data | the facts,figures,and other evidence gained through observation |
scientific theory | a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observation |