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Day - Chap 2 Building Scientific Knowlege

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