Scientific Method Flashcards
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Hypothesis
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- Tentative interpretation or explanation
- Has the potential to be proven wrong
- Can be tested by experiments
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Scientific Method
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A way of learning that emphasizes observation and experimentation to produce knowledge as the result of the senses
3
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Knowledge as the result of the senses
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Observations, Hypotheses, Laws, Theories
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Scientific Law
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I. Summarizes the results of a large number of observations.
II. Predicts the results of observations
III. Predicts what happens
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Scientific Theory
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I. Are models that explain and give the underlying cause for observations and laws
II. Provides why things happen
III. Comes from experiments
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Experiments
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Tests hypotheses and laws, and theories. If not validated/confirmed, they are revised and tested through further experimentation
