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| the investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations |
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| statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events |
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| the act of using one or more of your senses to gather information and taking note of what occurs |
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| a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience |
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| possible explanation for an obersvation that can be tested by scientific investigations |
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| an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations |
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| a rule that describes a pattern in nature |
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| comparing what you already know with the information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it |
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| a spoken or written summary of observations |
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| an interpretation of observations |
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| International System of Units |
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| the internationally accepted system for measurement |
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| the number of digits in a measurment that you know with a certain degree of reliability |
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| any factor that can have more than one value |
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| the factor that you want to test. It is changed by the investigator to observ how it affects a dependent variable. |
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| the factor you observe or measure during an experiment. |
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| the practical use of scientific knowledge especially for industrial or commercial use |
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