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TermDefinition
Law A description of something in nature that reliably predict events under certain conditions
Graph A diagram that shows data (usually numerical data) in a visual way
Table A display of data using rows and columns
hypothesis A possible explanation for something that still needs to be tested
model A representation of an object or system
mountain An area on earth where the elevation into rain rises to a peak
Scientific theory An explanation for something that is backed up by all of the known evidence
organism An individual living thing
Aristotle Early Greek "scientist" who incorrectly thought that the earth was the center of the universe
Johannes Kepler Famous scientist who formulated three laws about planetary motion
Sir Isaac Newton A famous scientist who formulated the law of universal gravitation
Galileo Famous scientist who made improvements to the telescope and used it to study the universe
Scientific knowledge The body of information that scientist have discovered mainly through experiment and observation
Environment The collection of living and nonliving things around us
Empirical evidence Data that scientist collect to support approve a scientific explanation
Conclusion The final result of a scientific investigation that are backed up by evidence collected
Data representation The way scientist organize and show all of the evidence to gather during an investigation
bar graph Type of graph that is best for comparing data in different categories
circle graph The type of graph is best for showing hill parts of data relate to the rest of the data
line graph Type of graph that is most useful for showing changes over time
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