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HEALTH UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE
ADVENTURES IN LIFE SCIENCE
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Health Care
7th Grade
09/11/2012

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SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Definition
THE SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING USED FOR PROBLEM SOLVING
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HYPOTHESIS
Definition
A PROPOSED SOLUTION TO A SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM
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VARIABLE
Definition
A FACTOR BEING TESTED IN A CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT
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MANIPULATED VARIABLE
Definition
THE FACTOR THAT IS INTENTIONALLY CHANGED BY A SCIENTIST IN AN EXPERIMENT. THE IS ONLY 1 PER EXPERIMENT. THIS IS ALSO CALLED THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE.
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RESPONDING VARIABLE
Definition
THE FACTOR THAT CHANGES AS A RESULT O CHANGES TO THE MANIPULATED VARIABLE. THIS VARIABLE IS MEASURED BY A SCIENTIST.
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CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT
Definition
AN EXPERIMENT IN WHICH ONLY ONE VARIABLE IS MANIPULATED AT A TIME.
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GRAM
Definition
THE BASIC UNIT OF OF MASS IN THE METRIC SYSTEM
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LITER
Definition
THE BASIC UNIT OF VOLUME IN THE METRIC SYSTEM
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METER
Definition
THE BASIC UNIT OF LENGTH IN THE METRIC SYSTEM
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MASS
Definition
THE AMOUNT OF MATTER IN AN OBJECT. MEASURED IN GRAMS
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VOLUME
Definition
THE AMOUN OF SPACE AN OBJECT TAKES UP
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WEIGHT
Definition
THE MEASURE OF THE GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION BETWEEN OBJECTS
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MATTER
Definition
ANYTHING THAT HAS MASS AND TAKES UP SPACE
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EYE PIECE
Definition
THE PART OF THE MICROSCOPE IN WHICH YOU LOOK INTO. THIS LENS MAGNIFIES AN IMAGE 10 TIMES
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OBJECTIVE LENS
Definition
THE LOW, MEDIUM AND HIGH POWER LENSES FOUND AT THE NOSEPIECE OF A MICROSCOPE.
LOW IS 4.
MEDIUM IS 10
HIGH IS 43
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SIX BASIC STEPS:

1-IDENTIFY THE ________________ IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION
Definition
PROBLEM
Term
SIX BASIC STEPS:

2-______________________: GATHER INFORMATION, RESEARCH AND FORM A _________________________________
Definition
HYPOTHESIS
SUGGESTED TESTABLE SOLUTION
Term
SIX BASIC STEPS:

3-___________________: DESIGN AND PERFORM AN ______________________
Definition
EXPERIMENTATION
EXPERIMENT
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THREE KEY PARTS TO AN EXPERIMENT
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