Science Test One P3 Flashcards

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Ethics

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Applying moral principles to life

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Law

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Idea that scientist describe their observation

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Model

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A representation of an object or system used to analyze, explain, or predict its behavior

Example sentence: The scientist created a model to demonstrate how the solar system works.

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4
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Qualitative data

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Uses Words and descriptions

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5
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Quantitative data

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Uses numbers

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6
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Theory

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An idea, the scientist used to explain the collected

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Worldview

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The over reaching narrative that a person uses to see and interpret the world

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Naturalism

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A philosophical viewpoint that nature and natural laws are the only real things in the world

Example sentence: The novel reflects the author’s naturalism through its focus on the environment.

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Organism

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An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form

Example sentence: The biologist discovered a new marine organism in the deep sea.

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Cell

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The basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms

Example sentence: Cells are the building blocks of life.

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3 Things scientists use to classify organisms into domains/kingdoms

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How they use energy from their environment, multicellular, unicellular, and nucleus or not

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