The Nature of Science and Technology-SSMS
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| hypothesis | an educated guess
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| scientific experiment | organized experiment that provides feedback and data
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| scientific inquiry | the ongoing process of discovery in science
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| scientific law | a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions
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| controlled experiment | an experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time
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| operational definition | a statement that describes how to measure a particular variable or how to define a particular term
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| data | facts, figures, and evidence
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| flammable | has the potential to catch on fire
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| explosive | could blow up
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| toxic | poisonous
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| corrosive | can eat materials including flesh
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| hazardous | harmful
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| independent (manipulated) variable | the variable that is changed
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| dependent (responding) variable | what happens due to the manipulated variable being changed
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| volume | the amount of space an object takes up
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| mass | the amount of matter in an object
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| density | the amount of mass in a given space
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| evidence | proof
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| inference | make a conclusion based on something you already know
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| observation | what you see
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| conclusion | summing everything together
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| classify | identify and place into a group
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| defer | to put off
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| metric system | a system of measurement based on the number 10
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| weight | the force of gravity acting on an object
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| quantitative data | a number amount
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| scientifically literate | the knowledge and understanding of scientific terms and principals
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