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| "the search for knowledge", the systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation; science is dynamic - in a state of change as new discoveries are made |
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| use numbers or measurements to describe with one or more of your senses; senses may be enhanced with specialized instruments |
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| describe with one or more of your senses using the qualities of something like color; senses may be enhanced with specialized instruments |
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| logical process by which new statements are derived from known and observed facts; may or may not be true |
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| steps used in the experiment |
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| using math to make meaning of the data |
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| keeping all the other variables the same except the independent variable |
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| having a treatment in which nothing was done as a comparison for other treatments in an experiment |
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| a statement about your discoveries in the experiment |
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| a well supported explanation in science in which some aspects are still not fully understood |
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| an educated guess or prediction that can be tested in science |
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| the logical process or series of steps by which scientist gather and verify information |
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| facts or a process well documented and understood in science |
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| manipulated variable - controlled by the scientist - graphed on the x-axis |
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| responding variable - measured by the scientist - graphed on the y-axis |
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| using science to make useful things |
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| group or subject in an experiment that is tested by measuring responses to variables |
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| a variable in an experiment that remains the same throughout the experiment |
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| facts or statistics gathered from experimentation |
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| the first step to carrying out scientific processes. Involves using at least one of the five senses |
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