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Science came from the Latin word scientia, which means?

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Having knowledge

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Involves observation and experimentations

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Science

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Who developed Theory of Relativity

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Albert Einstein

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Scientist discovered smaller particles that named?

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Quarks

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Also ongoing process of investigating and thinking?

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Science

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Is a process of learning about the natural world?

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Science

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Is any belief presented as scientific despite it not being scientific investigation?

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Pseudoscience

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Is a belief that is not usually explained by the methods of natural sciences?

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Social science

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Science may be classified into?

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Social sciences and Natural sciences

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focus primarily on the study of people, culture and societies?

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Social science

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seeks to understand the natural world?

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Natural science

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Pure science is?

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The study of new knowledge

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The science that deals with matter and energy?

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Physical

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the science that deals with matter?

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Chemistry

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The science that deals with the study of earth

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Earth science

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Study weather and climate?

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Meteorologist

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Investigate how geologic features formed in land?

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Earth scientist

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study rock and geologic?

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Geologist

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Study of living things?

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Biology

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to create practical solutions to existing problem?

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Applied science

21
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Was the foremost natural philosopher in the ancient period?

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Aristotle

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was a monk from Poland?

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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was a doctor from England?

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William Harvey

24
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was a French scientist who focused on how decay and fermentation occurred?

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Louis Pasteur

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was the first woman to receive a Nobel prize for Physics?

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Marie Curie

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was conferred the rank and title of National Scientist?

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Lourdes J. Cruz

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A physician and pharmacologist?

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Fabian M. Dayrit

28
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are visible accessible by touch?

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Physical models

29
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are mathematical counterpart of scientific exploration?

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Mathematical models

30
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Using a systematic process of empirical investigation known as?

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Scientific methods

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refers to the use of your senses together with the utilization of available technology?

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Empirical investigation

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Isaac newton is?

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Father of physics

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Choosing a problem to explore requires preliminary to ensure successful investigation?

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Statement of the problem

34
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is a simple statement that presents the possible solution to a problem?

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Hypothesis

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is a set of manipulations or specific observations of nature?

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Experiment

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generally compares the results obtained from an experimental sample against control sample

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Controlled experiment

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is a characteristic, number or quantity that changes over time or take different situations?

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Variables

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also known as constant variables?

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Controlled variables

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are factors that are changed or altered during the experiment?

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Independent variables

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are the variables that you observe and are considered the response to an independent variables?

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Dependent variables

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are those that rely solely on observing the variables?

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Natural experiment

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are named to highlight the distinction from laboratory experiments?

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Field experiment

43
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the part of exmperiment without the variables being tested is called?

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Controlled group

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the part that contains the variables being tested is called?

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Experimental group

45
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may be measured by the height?

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Dependent group

46
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the amount of fertilizer is?

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Independent group

47
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the quantity of water or sunlight is?

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Controlled variables

48
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currently the head of DNA analysis Laboratory of the natural science?

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Maria Corazon De Ungria

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