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Nature of Science
Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Empirical evidence | The observations, measurements, and other types of data that people gather and test to support and evaluate scientific explanations. |
| Theory | A system of ideas that explains many related observations and is supported by a large body of evidence. |
| Law | A descriptive statement or equation that reliably predicts events under certain conditions. |
| Experiment | |
| Hypothesis | |
| Dependent variable | |
| Observation | |
| Independent variable | |
| Data | |
| Model | |
| Engineering | |
| Technology | |
| Prototype | |
| Trade off | |
| Risk benefit analysis | |
| Life cycle analysis | |
| Pugh chart |