Nature Of Science Flashcards

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What is an independent variable?

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The control. Can manipulate

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What is a hypothesis?

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An answer to a well framed question

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Dependent variable

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What is effected during the experiment

What is being tested

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Scientific theory

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Broad enough to spin into a new hypothesis, supported by a lot of evidence

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What is science?

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Body of knowledge and the process by which we study the natural world
-no moral judgments

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Steps in the scientific method

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Observation, question, research, hypothesis, prediction, experiment, data, conclusion, publish

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Testable hypothesis vs. No testable hypothesis

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Must be able to manipulate the independent variable and observe/measure the effect of the dependent variable

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Axis of independent and dependent variables

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Independent- x

Dependent- y

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How to design a scientific experiment

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  • compare each experiment with control group
  • both groups subjected to same conditions
  • replication- more than one subject in l groups
  • data- what data you need to collect
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How is data used to support or reject hypothesis?

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Results match, or they don’t

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