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chapteronevocab
chapter one vocabulary practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gathering new information or discovering new facts just because it's interesting. This COULD lead to new technology or applied science | pure science |
| Organized procedure used to test a hypothesis. Part of the scientific method. | experiment |
| Explanation of things or events proven true by many experiments | theory |
| Stays the same in an experiment. Usually several of them in an experiment.They are not allowed to change in a valid experiment. | constants |
| The variable that changes | independent variable |
| The study of matter and energy. This is the type of science we are studying this year | physical science |
| An educated guess | hypothesis |
| A rule or fact of nature | scientific law |
| Using previous knowledge to make judgments | inference |
| Applied science; leads to new products being formed | technology |
| A standard used for comparison in an experiment. Separate experiment where nothing changes. | control experiment |
| Used to explain something not easily understood; could be a small drawing or structure to represent something larger. | model |
| A judgment based on interpreting data and observations. At the end of the scientific method | conclusion |
| a variable that is measured | dependent variable |
| Using your senses to describe an event in nature;looking at something.Could be objective or subjective. | observation |
| experiments done more than once | Repeated trials |
| data based on numbers | quantitative data |
| data based on a verbal description | qualitative data |
| the father of the scientific method | Galileo |