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unit 1 lessons 1&2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| empirical evidence | The observations, measurements, and other types of data that people gather and test to support and evaluate |
| theory | a system of ideas that explain many related observations and is supported by a large amount of evidence |
| law | a descriptive statement or equation that reliably predicts events under certain conditions |
| experiment | an organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions |
| Observation | the procedure of obtaining by using the senses |
| Hypothesis | a testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation |
| Independent variable | in a scientific investigation the factor that is deliberatley |
| dependent variable | |
| Data |