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Science terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| technology | practical use of scientific knowledge, especially for industrial or commercial use |
| skepticism | having an attitude of doubt about the truth of something |
| qualitative | a description using five senses |
| scientific law | statements based on repeated experiments that describe or predict patterns in nature or phenomena |
| scientific theory | explanation based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations |
| critical thinking | compare what you know with information given to decide if you agree with it |
| hypothesis | possible explanation about an observation that can be tested |
| observation | using one or more sense to gather information & take note of occurrences |
| science | investigations of natural events and new information that result from investigations |
| inference | explanation of observation drawn from prior knowledge, take what you know plus what you read to make a conclusion |
| prediction | statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events |
| accuracy | description of how close a measurement is to an accepted value or true value (landing on bulls eye) |
| description | a spoken or written summary of observations |
| biology or life science | study of all living things |
| precision | description of how similar or close measurements are to each other (darts all landing near each other but not necessarily on bulls eye) |
| ethics | rules of conduct or moral principles |
| explanation | interpretation of observations |
| quantitative | description that uses numbers to describe an amount (your age) |
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