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| science | obtaining knowledge through observations, experimentations and discoveries |
| biology | the study of living things |
| zoology | the study of animals |
| botany | the study of plants |
| geology | the study of the earth |
| meteorology | the study of weather |
| astronomy | the study of the universe |
| chemistry | the study of chemicals |
| physics | the study of matter and energy |
| taxonomy | the study of classifying organisms according to their "body structures" |
| scientific method | the series of steps a scientist uses to solve an experiment |
| observation | a 100% true fact |
| interpretation | an opinion |
| hypothesis | an educated guess |
| experimental group | the group(s) that has a single factor that is changed |
| control group | the part of the experiment that keeps everything unchanged and/or as natural as possible |
| control factors | the factors that are kept the same for both the experimental group(s) and the control group |
| variable factor | the single factor that is changed between the experimental group and the control group ***ONLY 1 ALLOWED IN AN EXPERIMENT*** |
| mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| volume | the capacity of an object |
| meter | the basic metric unit for distance |
| liter | the basic metric unit for volume |
| gram | the basic metric unit for mass |
| metric system | a system of measurement based on multiples of 10 |
