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PSSA Vocab Unit 4
Question | Answer |
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fact | Information that has been objectively verified. |
theory | Systematically organized knowledge applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances; assumptions, accepted principles and rules of procedure devised to analyze, predict or otherwise explain the nature or behavior of a specified set of phenomena. |
hypothesis | An assertion subject to verification or proof as a premise from which a conclusion is drawn. |
law | Summarizing statement of observed experimental facts that has been tested many times and is generally accepted as true. |
model | A description, analogy or a representation of something that helps us understand it better (e.g., a physical model, a conceptual model, a mathematical model). |
inquiry | A systematic process for using knowledge and skills to acquire and apply new knowledge. |
patterns | Repeated processes that are exhibited in a wide variety of ways; identifiable recurrences of the element and/or the form. |
regulation | A rule or order issued by an executive authority or regulatory agency of a government and having the force of law. |