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Control

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Standard for comparison in an experiment

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Geology

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Study of materials and the processes that form and change these materials, and the history of the planet and its life forms since origin

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Independent variable

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Factor that is manipulated by the experimenter of an experiment

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Scientific model

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An idea, a system, or a mathematical expression that represents the idea being explained

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Dependent variable

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Factor in an experiment that can change id the independent variable is changed

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Geosphere

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The part of the Earth from its surface to its center

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Scientific theory

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An explanation based on many observations during repeated experiments, valid only of consistent with observations, can be used to make testable predictions, and is the simplest explanation; it can be changed or modified with the discovery if new data

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Hypothesis

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Testable explanation do a situation

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Scientific law

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A principle that describes the natural behavior of a phenomenon

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Bias

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To influence in a particular, typically unfair, direction; prejudice

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Scientific method

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A series if problem solving procedures that help scientists conduct experiments

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