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| Accuracy is how close a measured value is to the actual (true) value. |
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Precision is how close the measured values are to each other.
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| recognizing and noting some FACT to gather information about the world |
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| a possible explanation or guess about an observation |
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| a reasonable guess based on what you know or observe. |
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| A scientific theory consists of one or more hypotheses that have been supported with repeated testing |
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| Scientific laws are short, sweet, and always true. Many times laws are expressed in a single expression. Laws cannot ever be shown to be wrong (that is why there are many theories and few laws). Laws are accepted as being universal and are the cornerstones of science |
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| the [procedure to test a thory |
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