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LSH PScience 1A 2014
Intro to Science part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hypotheses | A testable statement |
| Independent Variable | The variable being tested |
| Dependent Variable | The variable being measured |
| Science | A process of answering questions |
| Bias | Anything that affects how you understand the world |
| Assumption | Accepting anything as true without testing |
| Observation | Information gathered with the senses |
| Inference | A mental judgment...an educated guess |
| Experiment | Testing one variable against another under controlled conditions |
| Model | Anything that represents something else |
| Variable | Anything that can change and affect results |
| Scientific Law | A statement that predicts some natural behavior with 100% accuracy |
| Scientific Theory | An attempt to explain the evidence |