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Science Midterm voc.

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a way of learning about the natural world that provides possible explanations to questions science
using one or more of your senses to identify or learn about something observation
a conclusion formed from available information or evidence inference
a scientific experiment that involves changing one factor and observing its effect on one thing while keeping all other things constant controlled experiment
a representation of an object or an event that is used as a tool for understanding the natural world model
the variable that is changed in an experiment independent variable
the variable that changes as a result of a change in the independent variable dependent variable
a possible explanation for repeatedly observed patterns in nature supported by observation and results from many ?investigations scientific theory
a rule that describes a pattern in nature but does not try to explain why something happens scientific law
use of science to help people in some way technology
a series of steps that scientists use when performing an experiment scientific method
an explanation that can be tested with a scientific investigation hypothesis
information gathered during an investigation; recorded in the form of descriptions, tables, graphs, or drawings data
uses words such as colors, textures, smells, and taste quantitative data
use numbers or quantities to describe what is observed. qualitative data
a summary of observation description
an interpretation of observation explanation
how closely measurements are to each other an how carefully measurements were made precision
the ability to repeat a task with little variation consistency
the sum of the numbers in a set of data divided by the number of items in the set mean
the middle number in a data set when the data are arranged in numerical order median
the difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set range
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