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Title: Chapter 1: About Science

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Created: 08/26/2009 19:01:22

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Scientific

Method:

 Definition
An orderly method for gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge.
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Fact:
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A close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomena.
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Hypothesis:
 Definition
An educated guess; a reaonable explanation of an observation or experimental result that is not full accepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment.
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Law:
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A general hypothesis statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted. Also known as a principle.
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Principle:
 Definition
A general hypothesis or statement about the realtionship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted; also known as a law.
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Theory:
 Definition
A synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypoyheses about aspects of the natural world.
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