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vocab ch 1 mt
chapter 1 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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A close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomena | Fact |
an educated guess; a reasonable explanation of an observation or experimental result that is not fully accepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment | Hypothesis |
An orderly method for gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge | Scientific Method |
a synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypotheses about aspects of the natural world | Theory |
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 a principle. | Law |
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 know as law | Principle |