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| Science | Body of knowledge and also a description of how we explore our world! |
| Scientific Method | The formal name for the investigation process. |
| Natural Causality | The concept that everything occurs because of cause and effect forces. |
| Laws | Name of scientific theories that have survived the tests of time |
| Observation | Something you notice either directly or indirectly |
| Inductive reasoning | An inference gleaned by taking seemingly isolated facts together |
| Deductive reasoning | A conclusion achieved by relating facts together. |
| Procedure | Process followed in an experiment. |
| Experiment | An evaluation tool used on a hypothesis |
| Hypothesis | A possible answer to your investigation |
| Selecting a problem | First step in the Scientific Method. |
| Gathering information | Obtaining factual information about our problem. |
| Reporting Results | Fifth and final step of the Scientific Method |
| Predictions | Expectations based on a hypothesis |
| Control Groups | Your comparsion group in an experiment. |
| Experimental Groups | The test group where you try to change a variable. |
| Varibles | A condition changed in a test group |
| Conclusion | An assessment of the results of an experiment |
| Theory | A hypothesis that has gleaned popular support. |
