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Nature of Society STS nature of science Flashcards

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3 Domains of Science

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  1. Body of knowledge
  2. Process of inquiry
  3. Way of knowing/nature of science
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Scientific facts, laws, theories, concepts, principles etc.

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  1. Body of knowledge
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Observing, measuring, inferring, formulation of hypothesis, experimenting, analyzing, etc.

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  1. Process of inquiry
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Ideas, beliefs, principles, views and attitudes of scientists regarding scientific knowledge, the scientific process, and the world/universe

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  1. Way of knowing/nature of science
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explanation that explains a broad range of observations

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scientific theory

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statement that describes the way nature operates under specified sets of conditions

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scientific law

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the world is understandable because of

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consistent patterns

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science assumes that this is a vast system in which basic patterns are everywhere

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universe

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science relies heavily on

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evidences

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scientific ideas are meant to _____ once new data becomes available

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change

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science cannot provide complete answers to all questions

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true

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statements that describe the environment using 5 senses

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observations

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accurateo observations and data gathering can be made through

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measuring

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charactarestics of scientific obs

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repeatable actually, repeatable potentially, reproducible

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observable phenomenon in a particular situation

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scientific facts

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a reasonable guess based on the past and present

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prediciting

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interpretation of observations according to scientific knowledge

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inference

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an activity that gathers evidences to support a claim

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scientific investigation

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a possible solution to a problem

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hypothesis

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a controlled test which can provide necessary evidencesto support hypotheses

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experimentation

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scientific arguments conform to this principle

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logical reasoning

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