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Chapter 1 Vocab - NYS Regents
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Biology
9th Grade
10/07/2013

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Scientific Method
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The process of observing, asking questions, making inferences and forming hypotheses, conducting controlled experiments, collecting & analyzing data & Drawing conclusions
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Observation
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The act of noticing & describing events or processes in a careful orderly way
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Inference
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A logical interpretation based on what the scientist already know
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Hypothesis
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is a scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it
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Controlled Experiment
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An experiment in which only one variable is changed
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Independent Variable
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the variable that is deliberately changed
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Dependent Variable
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the variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable
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Control Group
Definition
is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable
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Data
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