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physics chapter onee
MRS. KOHL
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9th Grade
09/18/2006

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SCIENTIFIC METHOD
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method that is effectivein applying knowledge.
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hypothesis
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educated guess about the answer
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life science studies...
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1. biology
2.botany
3. zoology
4.anatomy
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physics
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studies the nature of basic things
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chemistry
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studies how matter is put together and combines.
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biology
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studies matter that is alive
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variables
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conditions that can be changed
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fact
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close agreemen by observers of a phenomenon.
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laws/principles
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rulesabout nature that have been cerified by experimentover and over and are believed to be true.
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scientists must be...
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opento changing their minds.
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technology
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putting kowledge to use to better life
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constants
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can stay the same between two testing groups
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control
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kept under normal conditions and used as standard comparison
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IV
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experimental group that is purposely changed to test its effect
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DV
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the effect that is meaured as a result of the change
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inference
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judgement based on an observation
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theory
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a large body of information that has been tested and verified.
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science is...
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a large body of knowledge about the workings of nature
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