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SAT: Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| science | a way of learning about the natural world through observations and logical leads to a body of knowledge. |
| observing | The process of using one or more of your sense to gather information. |
| quantitative observation | an observation that deals with a number or amount. |
| qualitative | an observation that deals with characteristics that cannot be in expressed numbers. |
| inferring | he process of making a inference, an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge. |
| predicting | the process of forecasting what will happen based on past experience or evidence. |
| classify | The process of making a grouping together items alike in a way. |
| evaluating | Comparing observation and data to reach a conclusion have been repeated. |
| making models | The process of creating representations of complex objects or process. |
| slepticsm | An attitude of doubt. |
| ethics | The rule from people knowing right from wrong. |
| personal bias | An outlook influenced by someones likes or dislikes. |
| cultural bias | An outlook influenced by the beliefs, social form ,and traits of a believe. |
| experimental bias | a mistake in the design of an experiment that makes a particular result more likely. |
| objective | Describes the act of decision make or drawing conclusions based on evidence. |
| subjective | Describes the influence of personal feelings on a decision or conclusion. |
| deductive reasoning | A way to explain things by starting by starting with a general idea and then idea and then applying the idea with a specific reasoning. |
| inductive reasoning | Using specific observations to make generalizations. |
| scientific inquiry | The ongoing process of discovery in science : the diverse ways in science study of the natural world and porpose explanations based on the evidence they gather. |
| hypothesis | a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question; must be testable. |
| varible | a factor that can change in a experiment. |
| manipulated variable | The one factor that a scientist changes in a experiment also called independent variable. |
| responding variable | The factors that changes as a result to the manipulated or independent in a experiment. |
| controlled experiment | an experiment in which only one variable is is manipulated at a time. |
| data | facts figures and other and other evidence gathered through observations. |
| scientific law | a statement that describes what scientist expect to happen every time under a specific set of predictions. |
| scientific thoery | a well-tested explanation for a wide range of of observations or experimental results. |