| A | B |
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| Inductive Reasoning | Used to discover general scientific principles based on observations |
| Deductive Reasoning | The use of known principles to solve a problem |
| Mechanistic | The view that the universe is governed by natural laws |
| Vitalistic | The view that the universe is governed, at least in part, by supernatural forces |
| Teleological | The view that things have a purpose |
| Absolute Truth | Believing in something on faith alone with the supression of scientific testing |
| Controlled Experiment | An experiment where only one variable is manipulated |
| Controlled variables | Variables that are never changed in an experiment |
| The control | The basis of comparison for comparison in an experiment |
| Independent variable | The variable that the experimentor manipulates |
| Dependent variable | The variable that may or may not change depending on the independent variable |
| Hypothesis | A possible explanation for an observation |
| Theory | A hypothesis that is greatly supported by scientific evidence and is conditionally excepted |
| Law | A theory that most scientists believe will never be overturned by new evidence |
