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Science

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What is an expirement?   A scientific test to try out a theory to see the effect of something.  
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What is a fair test?   An investigation in which all variables are being controlled except the one that is being tested.  
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What is a testable question?   How scientists begin an investigation. Often written in the form of a cause-and-effect question: "What causes...? How does... affect? What would happen if?"  
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What is a hypothesis?   A careful prediction that can be tested about how an investigation or expirement will turn out.  
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What is an observation?   A careful way of taking note of someone or something, using 5 senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch.  
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What is data?   Information or facts.  
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What is an outcome?   The result of something.  
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What is a procedure?   A way of doing something involving a numbered series of steps.  
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What are variables?   Conditions that affect the outcome of an expirement.  
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What's an analysis?   Making sense of data by looking for patterns and relationships to explain results.  
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What's a conclusion?   A decision or realization based on the facts that you have.  
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What is the scientific method?   It is a systematic way of finding out more about the world.  
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How do we learn in science?   We observe, ask questions, propose answers, test proposed answers and share our results with others.  
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What is a scientific theory?   It is a proposed explanation of something that happens in nature. It can be used to predict further events of the same kind. It can be tested through an experiment or observation.  
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What is a scientific law?   A statement that describes a commonly occurring natural event.  
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What is scientific inquiry?   It is how we study the world. We ask questions and search for answers to increase our understanding.  
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