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11.0 Science vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Science | the investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations. |
| Observation | the act of using one or more of your senses to gather information and take note of what occurs |
| Inference | a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience |
| Hypotheses | a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations |
| Prediction | a statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events |
| Technology | the practical use of scientific knowledge, especially for industrial or commercial use |
| scientific theory | an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations |
| scientific law | a rule that describes a pattern in nature |
| Critical thinking | comparing what you already know with information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it |
| Description | a spoken or written summary of an observation |
| Explanation | an interpretation of observations |
| International System of Units (SI) | the internationally accepted system of measurementMm |
| Accuracy | a description of how close a measurement is to an accepted or true value |
| Precision | a description of how similar or close measurements are to each other |
| significant digits | the number of digits in a measurement that are known with a certain degree of reliability |
| Variable | any factor that can have more than one value |
| Dependent variables | the factor a scientist observes or measures during an experiment |
| Independent variable | the factor that is changed by the investigator to observe how it affects a dependent variable |
| Constants | the factors in an experiment that remain the same |