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NATURAL SCIENCE VOCA
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| SCIENCE | THE INVESTIGATION AND EXPLORATION OF NATURAL EVENTS AND OF THE NEW INFORMATION THAT RESULTS FROM THOSE INVESTIGATIONS |
| OBSERVATION | USING ONE OR MORE OF YOUR SENSES TO GATHER INFORMATION AND TAKE NOTE OF WHAT OCCURS |
| INFERENCE | A LOGICAL EXPLANATION OF AN OBSERVATION THAT IS DRAWN FROM PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE |
| HYPOTHESIS | A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION ABOUT AN OBSERVATION THAT CAN BE TESTED BY facts and evidence |
| PREDICTION | A prediction is a guess about what might happen in the future, based on observations that you make |
| TECHNOLOGY | the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes |
| SCIENTIFIC THEORY | a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world. |
| SCIENTIFIC LAW | a generalized rule to explain a body of observations in the form of a verbal or mathematical statement |
| CRITICAL THINKING | the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment. |