Nature of Science/Measurement and Data
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| Empirical Evidence | the observations, measurements, and other types of data that people gather and test to support and evaluate scientific explanations
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| Science | the knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principals that can be verified or tested
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| Pseudoscience | a process of an investigation that in one or more ways resembles science but deviates from that scientific methods
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| Theory | a system of ideas that explains many related observations and is supported by a large body of evidence acquired through scientific investigation
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| Data | information gathered by observation or experimentation that can be used in calculating or reasoning
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| Experiment | an organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions
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| Observation | the process of obtaining information by using the senses
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| Hypothesis | a testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation
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| Variable | an factor that can change in an experiment, observation or model
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| Control | the part of the experiment for which the independent variable has not been changed; used as a way to determine the reliability and significance of the experimental results
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| Dependent/Responding Variable | in an scientific investigation, the factor that changes as a result of manipulation of one or more independent variable
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| Independent/Manipulated Variable | in a scientific investigation, the factor that is deliberately manipulated
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| Model | a pattern, plan, representation or description designed to show the structure or workings of an object, system or concept
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| SI | the International System of Units, which is the measurement system that is accepted worldwide
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| Measurement | a quantitative description of something that includes a number and a unit, such as 42 meters; also, the process of obtaining a quantitative description of something
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