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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Science | Is an organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world |
| Observation | the process of gathering information about events or processe in a careful, orderly way |
| Data | The information gathered from obervations |
| Inference | A logical interpretation based on prior kn owledge or experience |
| Hypothesis | A proposed scientific explanation for a set of observation |
| Spontaneous generation | Hypothesis (dispoven) stating that life could arise from nonliving matter |
| Controlled experiment | A test of the effect of a single variable by changing it while keeping all other variables the same |
| Manipulated variable | Factor in an experiment that a scientist purposely changes |
| Responding variable | |
| Theory |