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Nature of Science/ED

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Natural   An explanation that uses science/scientific reasoning to explain a phenomenon.  
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Supernatural   An Explanation the uses non-scientific reasoning to explain a phenomenon.  
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Pseudoscience   A false science - When something is presented as science but cannot be proven or disproven.  
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Bias   When your experiences, ideas or opinions affect the outcome of your scientific experiments.  
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False Assumption   Drawing an incorrect conclusion before having all of the information.  
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Controversy   Disagreement in science.  
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Skepticism   Questioning and thinking carefully before drawing conclusions.  
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Science   A systematic way of making observations, collecting evidence and drawing conclusions.  
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Hypothesis   prediction based on observations and research  
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Independent Variable   the variable that is changed on purpose  
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Dependent Variable   the responding variable, the variable that is being measured, counted or observed  
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Constants   all the things that must remain the same to get reliable  
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results   The data collected during an experiment  
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Control Group   the level of independent variable that is used to compare  
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Trials   the number of times the experiment is repeated for one level of the independent variable  
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Conclusion   a summary of the data  
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EDD   Experimental Design Diagram  
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Levels of Independent Variable   The different ways that the independent variable is changes in an experiment.  
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