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| an orderly for gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge |
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| an educated guess; a reasonable explanaion of an observation or expiamental result that is not fully accepted as factual until tested over and over again by expirament. |
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| testing one variable at a time; usually involves an expiramental group and control group. |
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| conditions that can change or be changed. |
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| test group kept under normal conditions; a standard for comparison to see the effect of the changed variable. |
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| conditions that are kept the same between the testing groups |
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| the condition that is purposely changed to test its effect (x axis) |
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| the effect or the outcome that is the result of changing the independent vaiable (y axis) |
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| close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomenon. |
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| conclusion based on observations. opinion |
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| rules about nautre that have been verified by experiment over and over and are believed to be true.Statement about how something in nature works. |
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| a synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypotheses about certain aspects of the natural world. Statement about WHY something in nature works a certain way. |
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| a method of answering theoretical questions. Discovering facts and relationships about phenomenon in nature and establishing theories that organize these ideas. |
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| method of solving practical problems. Tools, techniques, and procedures for putting the findings of science to use |
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