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Unit 1 Vocabulary Mss Flashcards

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Testable

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Something that can be tested or proven through experimentation

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Non-Testable

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Not cable of being tested

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Quantitative

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relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality
etc.age in years height

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Qualitative

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relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity
etc.feelings,how they look

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Trials

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A cell protein that can attach to certain molecules in some cancer cells and may kill the cells

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Observation

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the act of knowing and recording something

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Empirical evidence

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information acquired by observation or experimentation

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Data

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a gathered body of facts

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Model is science

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where scientists represent something in the real world in a way that makes it easier to understand, or make predictions

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Analogy

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a comparison (or connection) made between to scientific concepts

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Prototype

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the ancestral or primitive form of a species or other group

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Hypothesis

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an educated guess as to what will happen during your experiment

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Variable

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any item, factor, or condition that can be controlled or changed

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Procedure

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A step-by-step description of how to perform an operation or process

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Precision

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how close measurements of the same item are to each other

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Accuracy

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how close a measurement is to the true or accepted value

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Scientific method

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the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation

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Control

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an element that remains unchanged or unaffected by other variables

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Constant

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The factors that do not change during the experiment

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Predict

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a specific statement about what will occur (i.e. the outcome or pattern that will be observed) in a particular research investigation

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Infer

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the process of drawing conclusions based on evidence and reasoning

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Independent variable

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variable that stands alone and isn’t changed by the other variables you are trying to measure

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Dependent variable

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what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment

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Manipulated variable

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a factor that is purposefully and specifically changed by the experimenter

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Responding variable

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the part of an experiment that a scientists measures and observes closely for a change or a response

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Sample size

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the number of participants or observations included in a study

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Validity

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how accurately a method measures what it is intended to measure

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Trends in data

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a general change in one variable compared to another over a period of time

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Correlation

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the relationship between variables

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Variability

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how spread out a group of data is

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Mass

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a measurement that refers to the amount of matter that makes up an object

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Volume

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the amount of space the object takes up

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Weight

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the force acting on the object due to acceleration of gravity

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Percent

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a proportion of an amount, group or set

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Rate

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rate of change

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Ratio

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a comparison in terms of a quotient of two numbers a and b

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Line graph

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a graphical display of information that changes continuously over time

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Bar graph

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a type of graph in which each column (plotted either vertically or horizontally) represents a categorical variable

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Pie graph

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a circle divided into a series of segments

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Scatterplot

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identifies a possible relationship between changes observed in two different sets of variables

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Claim

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a generalization based on a reported statistically significant effect

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Evidence

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information collected via rigorous scientific methods that changes their belief in the truth of factual claims of the first to the fourth kind

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Reason

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the capacity of applying logic consciously by drawing valid conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth

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Theory

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a well-substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can incorporate laws, hypotheses and facts

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Bias

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a flaw in the study design or the method of collecting or interpreting information

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