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| Name 6 things scientists use to form and answer questions about the natural world |
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| oberving, inferring, predicting, classifying, making a model, analyzing |
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| What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative observations? |
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| quantitative deals with numbers |
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| How does making models help scientists to observe? |
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| helps you to observe things that cant be directly observed |
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| What is the difference between inferring and predicting? |
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| inferring is what happens and predicting is taking an educated guess about what might happen |
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| an observation dealing with numbers or amounts |
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| making a statement or claim about what will happen in the future |
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| using one or more senses to gether info |
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| an observation that deals with discriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers |
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| explaining or interpreting observations |
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| a way of learning about the natural world |
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| evaluating observations and data to reach conclusions |
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| grouping together items that are alike in some way |
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| how to scientists analyze emperical evidence |
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| predict patterns that allow them to make inferences |
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| how might conclusions drawn from scientific observations change |
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| ideas can change with new knowledge |
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| data and observations collected through scientific process |
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| reasoning based on evidence |
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| based on personal feelings or values |
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| facts, figures, and other evidence |
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| what is the function of a hypothosis in the scientific inquiry process |
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| educated quess in trying to answer a question that quides inqury process |
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| what role do ind. and dep. variables play in an experiment |
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| ind. is purposly changes and scientists look for a change in the dep. variable |
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| why are repeated trials required before accpeting a hypothosis as true |
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| it must yeild same results over again |
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| how do scientists develop scientific explanations about subjects that are impossible to study through controlled experiments |
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| scientific explore by using observations and lodgical reasoning |
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| a scientific exp. in wich only one variable is changed at a time |
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| a possible answer to a scientific question |
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| a repitition of an experiment |
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| the factor that may change in response to the ind. variable |
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| a generalization that makes since of observations by using logical reasoning |
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| an error in the design of the experiment |
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| the process by wich people gether evidence about the natural world and propose explanations based on this evidence |
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| the factor that is purposly changed to test a hypothosis |
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| an attempt by a different group of scientists to conduct the same experiment |
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| you are a ___ when you buy something |
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| a community may weigh the __&__ a building a wastewater treatment facility |
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| the work of scientists provides the knowledge and methods needed to make new ___ such as cars and telephones |
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| ___ technologies allow people to produce electricity, provide heat, and power vehicles |
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| the maglev train is an example of a ___ technology |
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| undesrireble result of wither taking or not taking an object |
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| desirible result of either taking or not taking a certain action |
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| the knowledge and understanding of scientific terms and principles |
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| facts scuh as observations and data |
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| knowledge that relates to the question |
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| Name an example of scientific law. |
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| For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. |
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| Name an example of scientific theory. |
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