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an orderly for gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge
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an educated guess; a reasonable explanaion of an observation or expiamental result that is not fully accepted as factual until tested over and over again by expirament.
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testing one variable at a time; usually involves an expiramental group and control group.
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conditions that can change or be changed.
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test group kept under normal conditions; a standard for comparison to see the effect of the changed variable.
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conditions that are kept the same between the testing groups
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the condition that is purposely changed to test its effect (x axis)
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the effect or the outcome that is the result of changing the independent vaiable (y axis)
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close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomenon.
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conclusion based on observations. opinion
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rules about nautre that have been verified by experiment over and over and are believed to be true.Statement about how something in nature works.
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a synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypotheses about certain aspects of the natural world. Statement about WHY something in nature works a certain way.
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a method of answering theoretical questions. Discovering facts and relationships about phenomenon in nature and establishing theories that organize these ideas.
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method of solving practical problems. Tools, techniques, and procedures for putting the findings of science to use
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