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| a way of learning about the natural world and the knowledge gained through the process |
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| using one or more of your senses to gather information |
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| to explain or interpret things you observe and by information you already know |
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| to figure out what will happen in the future based on experience or evidence |
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| quantitative observations |
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| deals with a number or amount |
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| descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers |
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| grouping together items that are alike in some ways |
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| a representation of a complex object or process |
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| is the study of living things, known as biology |
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| different ways scientists study the natural world and present explanations based on evidence they put together |
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| a possible explanation for a set of observatoins or an answer to a scientific question |
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| factors that can change in an experiment |
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| only one variable is worked with at a time |
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| responding variable (dependent variable) |
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| the factor that may change in response to the manipulated variable |
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| manipulated variable (independent variable) |
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| one variable that is changed on purpose to test a hypothesis |
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| facts, figures, evidence gathered through observations |
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