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Chapter 1 Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Science | A way of learning about the natural world |
| Observing | Using one or more of your senses to gather information |
| Quantitative Observation | Deals with numbers or amounts |
| Qualitative Observation | Deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers |
| Inferring | When you explain or interpret the things you observe |
| Predicting | Making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence |
| Classifying | The grouping together of items that are alike in some ways |
| Making Models | Creating representations of complex objects or processes |
| Evaluating | Comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them |
| Scientific Investigation | The way in which scientists study the natural world |
| Skepticism | Having an attitude of doubt |
| Personal Bias | If a person's likes and dislikes influence how he or she thinks about something, its called Personal Bias |
| Cultural Bias | When the culture in which a person grows up affects the way that person thinks, this is called Cultural Bias |
| Experimental Bias | A mistake in the design of an experiment that makes a certain result more likely is called Experimental Bias |
| Ethics | The rules that enable people to know right from wrong |
| Objective | You make decisions and draw conclusions based on available evidence |
| Subjective | Means that personal feelings affect how you make a decision or reach a conclusion |
| Deductive Reasoning | A way to explain things by starting with a general idea and then applying the idea to a specific observation |
| Inductive Reasoning | Specific observations to make generalizations |
| Scientific Inquiry | Thinking and questioning |
| Hypothesis | A possible answer to a scientific question |
| Variables | Factors that can change in an experiment, must be the same |
| Independent Variable | The one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis |
| Dependent Variable | The factor that may change in response to the independent variable |
| Controlled Experiment | An experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time |
| Data | The facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through qualitative and quantitative observations |
| Scientific Theory | A well tested and widely accepted explanation of observations and experimental results |
| Scientific Law | Is a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions |
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