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science final exam
s2
Question | Answer |
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controlled experiment | an expiriment in which all of the variables except for one to stay the sane. |
hyothesis | a possible explination for a set of observations or a answer to scientific question; must be testable. |
Inference | an interpretation of an observation based on evidence and prior knoledge |
manipulated variable | the one factor that a scientist changes during an expirement ; also called independent variable |
Observation | the process of using one or more sences to gather infromation |
Responding Variable | the factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated variable in an expirement |
Science | a way about learning about the natural world |
Scientifis inquiry | The diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world |
Scientific law | a statement that describes what scientists expect to happpen every time under a perticular set of conditions |
Scientific theory | a well tested scientific concept that explains a wide range of observations |
Varible | the scientist changes one variable , called the manipulated variable or independent variable. |