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science
investigations and exploration of natural events and new information that results from those investigations
observation
the results of using one or more of your sences to gather information and taking note of what occurs
inference
a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience
hypothesis
a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations
prediction
a statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events
scientific theory
an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations
scientific law
a rule that describes a repeatable pattern in nature
technology
the practical use of scientific knowledge
critical thinking
comparing what you already know with the information you are given in order to decide if you agree with it
description
a spoken or written summary of observations of observations
explanation
interpretation of observations
SI units
the internationally accepted system
scientific notation
a method of writing very small or very large numbers in short form
percent error
the expresion of error as a percentage of the accepted value
variables
any factor that can have more than one value
independent variable
the factor you want to test to see how it effects the dependent variable
dependent variable
the factor you observe or measure during an experiment
constants
factors in an experiment that do not change
qualitative data
uses WORDS to describe what is observed
quantitative data
uses NUMBERS to describe what is observed
experimental group
used to study how a change in the independent variable changes the dependent variables
control group
contains the same factor as the experimental group but the independent variable does not change









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