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science
Term | Definition |
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science | a way of learning about th natrual world and the knowledge gained through that process |
scientific inquiry | the diverse ways in which scientist explore problems and seek to answer questions about the natural world |
observation | using all 5 senses to gather information |
inference | an interpretation based on observation and prior knowlegde |
hypothesis | a possible explanation for a set of observations or an answer to a scientific question |
controlled experiment | an experiment in which all factors except one are kept constant |
variable | any factor that changes in an experiment |
manipulated variable | the one factor that a scientist change during an experiment also called the independent variable |
responding variable | the factor tha changes as a result of changes made by the manipulated variable in an experiment also called the dependent variable |
data | the facts, figures, and other evidence gained through observations |
scientific therory | a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations |