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1.1 science
Science 1.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The study of the natural world | Science |
| Seeing or hearing things happen | Observing |
| Explaining things that you have seen | Inferring |
| Guessing what will happen bass on what you have already seen happen | Predicting |
| The process of gathering evidence, testing, and giving answers | Scientific Inquiry |
| An answer for things that you may have seen that may or may not be right | Hypothesis |
| A test of an hypothesis under set conditions | Controlled Experiment |
| Something that changes an experiment | Variable |
| A variable that a scientist changed | Manipulated Variable |
| A variable that happen because of a change in the experiment | Responding Variable |
| Information | Data |
| Something that is well-tested scientific concept that may or may not be right | Scientific Theory |
| Something that has been proven true in nature under certain conditions | Scientific Law |
| The study of the Earth | Earth Science |
| A group of things working together | System |
| The ability to do work or cause to change | Energy |
| A force that shaped the Earth's surface | Constructive Force |
| A force that slowly wears away the Earth's surface | Destructive Force |
| Someone who studies the Earth | Geologist |
| Someone who studies the ocean | Oceanographer |
| Someone who studies the atmosphere | Meteorologist |
| Someone who studies the stars | Astronomer |
| Someone who studies the human impact on the environment | Environmental Scientist |
| Something that improves life | Technology |
| Someone who uses science & technology | Engineer |
| Step one - sm | Posing questions |
| Step two - sm | Developing a Hupothesis |
| Step three - sm | Designing an Experiment |
| Step four - sm | Collecting and interperting Data |
| Step five - sm | Drawing Conclusions |
| Step six - sm | Communicating |