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what is science?
a body of knowledge and the study of nature and the environment
what are the two categories that science can be placed into?
social sciences and natural sciences
what are the branches of natural science?
chemistry, biology (zoology, botany), physics, meteorology, astronomy, medicine and mathematics
medicine
healing
biology
living things
objects beyond earth
astronomy
mathematics
quantity
animals
zoology
the atmosphere
meteorology
behaviour of matter
physics
chemistry
structure of matter
what is technology?
the use of knowledge gained from science experiments to improve the quality of life
what is the independent variable?
the factor changed by the scientist
what is the dependent variable?
what you measure
what is another name for dependent variable?
responding variable
