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science vocab ✌💔🥀
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| science | A way of learning more about the the natural world. |
| scientific theory | An attempt to explain a pattern in the world. |
| scientific law | A rule they describes a pattern in nature . |
| technology | practical use of science or applied science . |
| system | collection of structures, cycles and processes that relate to and .interact with each other. |
| life science | the study of living systems and the in which they interact . |
| Earth science | the study of earth systems and systems in space. |
| 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 u seen. |
| controlled environment | changing one factor and observe it affects on another while keeping all others constant. |
| description | is a spoken or written summary of observation |
| Explanation | is an interpretation of observations |
| International system for unit | international accepted system for measurements |
| Accuracy | Description of how close a measurement 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 are given to decide if you should agree with someone or not |
| variable | factors that can be changed in a experiment |
| constant | do not change |
| Dependent variable | is the factor measured or observed during an experiment |
| Interdependent variable | is the factor that you want to test |
| Model | any representation of an object or an event used as a tool to understand the natural world |
| physical model | model that you can see and touch |
| Idea | Describe how someone thinks about something in the natural world |