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NOS vocab
| 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 of experience |
| Hypothesis | a possible explanation about an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations |
| Prediction | a statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events |
| Technology | Practical use of scientific knowledge, especially for industrial or commercial use |
| Scientific Theory | an explanation of observations or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations |
| Scientific law | Describes a pattern or an event in nature that is always true |
| Critical thinking | comparing what you already know with the information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it |
| Description | a spoken or written summary of observations |
| Explanation | an interpretation of observations |
| International System of Units (SI) | Internationally accepted system for measurement |
| Accuracy | a description of how close a measurement is an accepted or true value |
| Precision | a description of how close a measurement are to each other |
| Significant digits | the number of digits in a measurement that are known with a curtain degree of reliability |
| Variable | any factor in an experiment that have more than one value |
| Dependent Variable | the factor measured are observed during an experiment |
| Independent Variable | the factor that you want to test |
| Constants | the factors in an experiment that remain the same |