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Order and Reality
Science test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the purpose of science? | to carefully observe nature and to try to discover the laws of creation so these laws can be put to waork for the benefit of mankind. |
| What is the scientific method? | the systematic way in which scientists gather and pursue scientific knowledge. |
| What is a hypothesis? | a sensible explanation to a problem. |
| What is observation? | gathering data about nature in a systematic way. |
| what is experimentation? | the methodical testing of hypothesis. |
| experimental group | the group on which the test is preformed. |
| control group | the group used as a standard for comparison |
| what are constants? | conditions present in both the control group & the experimental group throughout the experiment. |
| What are variables? | conditions present only in the experimental group. |
| material not derived from living organisms | mineral material |