nature of science vocab
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| science | a way of learning about the natural world through observation and logical reasoning
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| observing | the process of using one or more of your senses to gather information
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| inferring | the process of making an inference; an interpretation based on observations and/or prior knowledge
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| predicting | the process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence
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| variable | a factor that can change in an experiment
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| hypothesis | a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question
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| control variable | a variable that does not change during an experiment
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| manipulated variable | the one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment
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| scientific theory | a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
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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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| data | facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations
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