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Nature of science

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1
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What does Evidence mean

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The observations and information that support a claim

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Inference

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An idea or conclusion based on an observation

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Classify

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To put things into Groups

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Investigation

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The process of studying or testing something to learn more about it

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Knowledge

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Facts and information collected over time

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Opinion

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A belief or a judgment

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Communication

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Sharing of information

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Order

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To arrange things by when they happened or by their size

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Science

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The study of the natural world through investigation

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Scientific methods

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All the way scientists do investigations

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Models

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This should be a similar as possible to the real thing

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The control

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The parties the experiment that is used to compare all the other groups

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Variable

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Any condition in an experiment that can be Changed

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Line graph

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A type of Graph suited to show change over time

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Hypothesis

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A statement that can be tested And that explains what you think will happen in it experiment

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Procedure

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The steps you follow in your experiment

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Predict

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To use patterns in observations to say what may happen next

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Experiment

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An investigation that is controlled

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In accurate

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A measure that is close to the to size

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A metric unit of length

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Meter

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I metric unit of mass

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Gram

22
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Metric unit for temperature

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ﾟC

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Metric unit of volume

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Liter

24
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A toll used to measure force

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Sring scale

25
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A Toll used to measure mass

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Pan balance

26
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A metric unit of time

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Seconds

27
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The amount of space is all that liquid or gas takes up

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Volume

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A toll used to measure volume

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Graduated cylinder

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A variable

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Be things changing in an experiment

30
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Replicate

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To follow in another scientist experiment

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What form is water in when the particles are tightly packed together

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Solid

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Water when the particles move a little

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Liquids

33
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When the particles are far apart

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Gas

34
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The build-up of electrical charges on the surface of an object

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Static Electricity

35
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The flow of electrical charges or moving electrons along a conductor in a circuit

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Current electricity

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Stored energy

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Potential energy

37
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Cancel energy plus kinetic energy equals white energy

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Mechanical

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The energy of motion

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Kinetic energy

39
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Something that slows or stops the flow of electricity

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Insulator

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Something that helps the electricity to keep flowing

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Conductor

41
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A push or a pool

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A force

42
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He energy

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Thermal energy

43
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Energy that can be released by a chemical reaction

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Chemical

44
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Form of energy you can see

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Sound

45
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Energy of moving particles of matter

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Thermal

46
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Energy caused by the movement of electric charges

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Electrical

47
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When he transfers through liquids and gasses

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Convection

48
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When you can’t feel heat without touching it

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Radiation

49
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An atom with more ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, than protons has a negative charge

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Electrons

50
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The movement of static electricity from one object to another is cold

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Discharge

51
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An atom with more,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, than electrons has a positive charge

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Proton

52
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Where electricity is produced

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Generating station

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