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Science Defiition
science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Science | A way of learning about the natural world through observation. |
| Observing | The process of using one or your senses to gather information. |
| Inferring | The process of making an inferencia. |
| Predicting | The process of forecasting what will happen in the future. |
| Chemistry | The study of the properties of matter and how matter changes. |
| Physics | The study of matter,energy,motion,and force and how they interact. |
| Scientific Inquiry | The ongoing process of discovery in science;the diverse ways in which scientist study the natural world an propose explanations based on evidence they gather. |
| Hypothesis | A possible explanation for a set of observations or answers to a scientific question. |
| Parameter | A factor that can be measured in an experiment. |
| Manipulated Variable | The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment. |
| Responding Variable | The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated variable. |
| Controlled Experiment | An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time. |
| Qualitative | Relating to,measuring by the quality of something rather than its quantity. |
| Quantitative | Relating to,measuring by the quantity of something rather than its quality. |
| Data | Facts,figures,and other evidence gathered through observation. |
| Communicating | The process of sharing ideas with others through writing and speaking. |
| Model | Physical,mental,usual,and other representations of an idea to help people understand. |
| Scientific Theory | A well tested explanation for a wide range of observation. |
| Scientific Law | A statement that describes what scientist expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions. |
| Graphs | A picture of information from a data table;shows the relationship between variables. |
| Horizontal Axis | A line that runs up and down along the side of a graph. |
| Vertical Axis | A line that runs up and down along the side of a graph. |
| Origin | The(0,0)point on a line graph. |
| Coordinate | A pair of numbers used to determine the position of a point on a graph. |
| Data Points | A point on a graph showing the location of a piece of data. |
| Line of best fit | A smooth line that reflects the general pattern in a graph . |
| Slope | The steepness of line on a graph,equal to its vertical change divided by its horizontal changes. |
| Non linear | A lie graph in which the data points do not fall along a straight line. |
| Linear Graph | A line graph in which the data points yield in a staight line. |
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