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chapter 1 about sci
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scientific method | An orderly method for gaining, organizing and applying new knowledge |
fact | A close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomena. |
hypothesis | An educated guess; a reasonable explanation of an observation on experimental result that is not fully accepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment. |
law | A general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has bee tested over and over again and has not been contradicted. Also know as principal. |
principle | A general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted; also known as law |
theory | A synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypotheses about aspects of the natural world |