unit 1 science Flashcards

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1
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the investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new info that from those invesation

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scince

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a process that uses a varitiety of skills and tools to answer questions or to test ideas about the natural world

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scinctific inqury

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3
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an orderly set of procedures used to solve scientific promblems and answer questions

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scintific meathod

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4
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gather info from prior knowledge

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research

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5
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an explanation thats from prior knowledge

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inference

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6
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an explanation about observation that can be tested by scientific investigations

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hypthesis

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7
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a statement of what will happen next in a squence of events

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prediction

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8
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4 parts of controlled expirment

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control group
ind variable
de variable
constant

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qualative data

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when you only use words to describe and observtion

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10
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quantative data

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when yiu use words and numbers to describe an observation

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11
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what is a result of SI?

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advanments in technology

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12
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technology

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the practical use of scientific knowledge

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13
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dealing with what is good and bad

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ethics

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14
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bias

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prejudice toward a specific outcome

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15
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an explanation of observations or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations

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scinecfic theory

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16
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describes a pattern or an event in nature that is always true

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scientific law