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Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Science | A way of learning more about the natural world |
| Scientific Theory | An attempt to explain a pattern observed repeatedly in the natural world |
| Scientific Law | A rule that describes a pattern in nature 100% going to happen |
| Technology | Practical use of science, or applied science |
| System | Collection of structure, cycles, and processes that relate to and interacted with each other |
| Life Science | The study if living systems and the ways in which they interact |
| Earth Science | The study of Earth systems and the ways in which they interact |
| Physical Science | The study of matter and energy |
| Hypothesis | A reasonable and educated possible answer based on what you know and what you observe |
| Infer | to draw a conclusion based on what you observe |
| Controlled Experiment | Changing one factor and observing its effect on another while keeping all other constant |
| Variable | Factors that can be changed in an experiment |
| Constant | Factors that are not changed in an experiment |
| Dependent Variable | Is the factor measured or observed during an experiment |
| Independent Variable | Is the factor that you want to test |
| Model | Any representing of an object or an object or and event used as a tool for understanding the natural world |
| Physical Model | Model that you can see and touch |
| Idea | Describe how someone thinks about something in the natural world |
| Description | Is a spoken or written summary of observations |
| Explanation | Is an Interpretation of Observation |
| International System of Units | Internationally accepted system for measurement |
| Accuracy | Description of how similar or close measurements is to an accepted or true value |
| Precision | Description of how similar or close measurements are to each other |
| Critical Thinking | Combining what you already know with new facts that you are given to decide if you should agree with something or not. |