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| What is a way of learning more about the natural world? |
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| What is the attempt to explain a pattern observed repeatedly in the natural world? |
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| What in science must be supported by observations and results from many investigations? |
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| What is a rule that describes a pattern in nature? |
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| How is it possible for an observation to become a scientific law? |
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| it must be observed repeatedly |
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| What is a collection of structures, cycles, and processes that relate to and interact with eachother? |
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| What are often parts of a system? |
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| structures, cycle, and processes |
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| What are the 3 main categories that science is often divieded into? |
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| life science, earth science, and physical science |
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| What is the study of living systems and the ways in which they interact? |
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| What can life scientists study? |
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| living organisms, where they live, and how they interact |
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| What is the study of earth systems and the systems in space? |
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| What does the study of Earth Science include? |
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| the study of nonliving things such as rocks, soil, clouds, rivers, oceans, planets, stars, meteors, and black holes |
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| What else does earth science cover? |
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| the weather and climate systems that affect the earth |
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| Who studies weater and climates? |
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| Who studies rocks and geologic features? |
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| a person who studies volcanoes |
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| What do scientists want to know? |
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| why, how, and when something occured |
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| What is the difference between a law and a theory? |
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| a law describes a pattern and a theory attempts to explain why |
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| What is the study of matter and energy? |
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| anything that takes up space and has mass |
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| What is the ability to cause change in matter? |
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| What are the 2 general fields that physical science can be divided into? |
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| What is the study of matter and the interactions of matter? |
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| the study of energy and its ability to change matter |
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| What are many careers based on? |
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| What is the practical use of science or applied science? |
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| Who applies science to develop technoloy? |
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