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Unit 1 science Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fact | A close agreement by competent observers who make a series of observations for the same phenomenon. |
| hypothesis | An educated guess |
| law, or principle | hypothesis that has been repeatdly tested, and can never be contradicted. |
| theory | a summary of a large body of information, that includes a well tested, and verifried hypothesis about certain concepts of the natural world. |
| scientific method | extremley effective method of gaining, organizing, and aapplying new knowledge. |
| Regularity | Conforming to , or fixed by ordinary course. Occuring at fixed intervals. |
| fundamental | anything that forms, or serves as a basus if a system. |
| unambigous | One meaning. |
| consequence | result of something. |
| phenomennon | a fact, event or condition that can be perceived by the senses. |
| contraction | The act or process of being made shorter of smaller. |
| speculation | a conclusion or opinion reached by or based on conjecture; theorectical. |
| supposition | Hypothesis, that is which is supposed |
| refinement | Free from coarseness, a change intended to improve. |
| theorectical | not based on fact or experience. |
| domain | A field or sphere, knowledge, action, or influence. |