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1-2 How Scientists Work
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Biology
9th Grade
09/05/2011

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Spontaneous Generation
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(Disproven)
Hypothesis stating that life could arise from nonliving matter
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Controlled Experiment
Definition
A test of the effect of a single variable by changing it while keeping all other variables the same
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Manipulated Variable
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Factor in an experiment that a scientist purposefully changes
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Responding Variable
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Factor in an experiment that a scientist wants to observe, which may change in response to the manipulated variable
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Theory
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Well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
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