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About science ch.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An orderly method for gaining, organizing and applying new knowledge. | Scientific method |
| 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 on experimental result that is not fully accepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment. | Hypothesis |
| 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. | 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 known as law. | Principal |
| A synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypotheses about aspects of the natural world. | Theory |