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scientific method
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7th Grade
09/11/2006

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analysis
Definition
breaking an idea or problem down into its parts.
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conclusion
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the result or outcome of an act or process.
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controls
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a part of the experiment that is not being tested.
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data
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factual info. gathered during an experiment,especially info. organizedfor analysis or used to reason or mak deisions.
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dependent variable
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the part of the experiment thats affected by the independent variable.
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error
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the conditon of having incorrect or false knowledge.
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experiment
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a test under contolled conditions thats made to demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hyothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previousley untried.
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hypothesis
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an educated guess based on oberservations and previous knowledge.
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independent variable
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the part of the experiment that is manipulated or changed by the scientists or person performing the experiment.
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inference
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the act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evedince.
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law
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a "rule of nature" that describes the behavior of something in nature; generally predicts or describes what will happenin a given situation but does not explain why.
(example: law of motion, law of gravity)
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observations
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the act of noting and recording something,such as a phenomenon
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procedures
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a series of steps taken to accomplish a given task.
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reliable
Definition
giving the same result on repeated trials.
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scientific method
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a process thats used to find answers to questions about the world around us. its the step-by-step method of conducting an experiment.
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theory
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an explanation backed by results obtained ffrom repeated tests or experiment.
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unreliable
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liable to be wrong or misleading;not to be trusted.
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variable
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any part of the experiment that can vary or change.
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