Chapter 1 Flashcards
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Science
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An organized way of gathering and analyzing data of the natural world.
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Observation
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The act of noticing and describing events or processes
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Inference
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Is a logical interpretation on what scientists already know
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Hypothesis
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A scientific explanation for a set of observations
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Controlled Experiment
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An experiment where one variable changes
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Independent variable
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The variable that changes
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Dependent
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Changes depending on the independent variable
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Control group
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Exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable
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Data
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Scientists make records of experiment observations
