Nature of Science
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| **controlled variable** | A possible variable that is kept the same during a particular set of observations
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| **dependent variable** | A factor that responds to, or depends on, other factors
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| **experimental bias** | An error that distorts results in a particular way
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| **hypothesis** | A tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon
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| **independent variable** | A factor that can be changed separately, or independently
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| **International System (SI) ** | A system of unites used in science, largely based on the metric system
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| **objective** | Not particular to one person; not influenced b emotions or personal prejudices
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| **reproducible** | Capable of being produced again
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| **subjective** | Particular to one person
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| **theory** | In science, a set of widely accepted explanations of observations and phenomena
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| **trial** | One repetition of a procedure; usually several trials are made for each value of an independent variable
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| **variable** | Any factor that can change in a controlled experiment, observation, or model
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