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Day- Chap 2 -Buildin
Day - Chap 2 Building Scientific Knowlege
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| skepticism | an attitude of doubt |
| life science | the study of living things, including plants, animals, and microscopic life forms. |
| scientific theory | a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results |
| model | a representation of a complex object or process, used to help people understand a concept that they cannot observe directly |
| inductive reasoning | using specific observations to make generalizations |
| deductive reasoning | a way to explain things by starting with a general idea and then applying the idea to a specific observation |
| subjective | describes the influence of personal feelings on a decision or result |
| objective | describes the act of decision-making or drawing conclusions based on available evidence |
| ethics | the study of principles about what is right and wrong, fair and unfair. |
| personal bias | an outlook influenced by a person's likes and dislikes |
| cultural bias | an outlook influenced byt he beliefs, social forms, and traits of a group |
| experimental bias | a mistake in the design of the experiment that makes a particular result more likely |
| earth and space science | the study of the earth and its place in the universe |
| physical science | the study of energy, motion, sound light electricity and magnetism |
| scientific law | a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions |
| system | a group of related parts that work together to preform a function or produce a result |
| input | material, energy, or information that goes into a system |
| process | a sequence of actions in a system |
| output | material, energy, result, or product that comes out of a system |
| feedback | output that changes a system or allows the system to adjust itself |
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