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chapteronevocab
chapter one vocabulary practice
Question | Answer |
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Gathering new information or discovering new facts just because it's interesting. This COULD lead to new technology or applied science | pure science |
Organized procedure used to test a hypothesis. Part of the scientific method. | experiment |
Explanation of things or events proven true by many experiments | theory |
Stays the same in an experiment. Usually several of them in an experiment.They are not allowed to change in a valid experiment. | constants |
The variable that changes | independent variable |
The study of matter and energy. This is the type of science we are studying this year | physical science |
An educated guess | hypothesis |
A rule or fact of nature | scientific law |
Using previous knowledge to make judgments | inference |
Applied science; leads to new products being formed | technology |
A standard used for comparison in an experiment. Separate experiment where nothing changes. | control experiment |
Used to explain something not easily understood; could be a small drawing or structure to represent something larger. | model |
A judgment based on interpreting data and observations. At the end of the scientific method | conclusion |
a variable that is measured | dependent variable |
Using your senses to describe an event in nature;looking at something.Could be objective or subjective. | observation |
experiments done more than once | Repeated trials |
data based on numbers | quantitative data |
data based on a verbal description | qualitative data |
the father of the scientific method | Galileo |