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Biology Test - November 3rd
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Biology
9th Grade
11/02/2008

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What is Discovery Science?
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To describe and document what is found in the world.
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What is the goal of Hypothesis-based Science?
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To explain what has been observed. To answer the "why" questions.
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What is Science?
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An organized methodical way to learn.
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What is the goal of Science?
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To better understand the natural world around us.
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What is the goal of Technology?
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To make scientific knowledge useful.
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A well-tested explanation that makes sense of a great variety of scientific observations.
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Theory
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Spacific observations to reach a general conclusion
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Generalization
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A suggested answer to a well-defined scientific question - an explination on trial

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Hypothesis
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A condition that can differ within the expiriment
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Variable
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An expiriment that tests the affect of a single variable
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Controlled Expiriment
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The information upon which inferences are based

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Evidence
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The part of an expiriment which does not have the one variable being tested. It is the normal group.
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Control Group

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The part of an expiriment which does have the variable being tested
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Expirimental Group
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The one factor being tested in an experiment
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Independent Variable
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The factor in an experiment that can be affected by the independent variable. It is measured and recorded as the data/results of an experiment.
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Dependent Variable
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What form should a prediction be in?

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"If... Then..."
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The information you record during an experiment is called your..
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Data
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What is an observation?
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When you use your sense to gather information
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An logical conclusion based on relating what is observed with what is already known is called an..
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Inference
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