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| science | investigations and exploration of natural events and new information that results from those investigations |
| observation | the results of using one or more of your sences to gather information and taking note of what occurs |
| inference | a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience |
| hypothesis | a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations |
| prediction | a statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events |
| scientific theory | an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations |
| scientific law | a rule that describes a repeatable pattern in nature |
| technology | the practical use of scientific knowledge |
| critical thinking | comparing what you already know with the information you are given in order to decide if you agree with it |
| description | a spoken or written summary of observations of observations |
| explanation | interpretation of observations |
| SI units | the internationally accepted system |
| scientific notation | a method of writing very small or very large numbers in short form |
| percent error | the expresion of error as a percentage of the accepted value |
| variables | any factor that can have more than one value |
| independent variable | the factor you want to test to see how it effects the dependent variable |
| dependent variable | the factor you observe or measure during an experiment |
| constants | factors in an experiment that do not change |
| qualitative data | uses WORDS to describe what is observed |
| quantitative data | uses NUMBERS to describe what is observed |
| experimental group | used to study how a change in the independent variable changes the dependent variables |
| control group | contains the same factor as the experimental group but the independent variable does not change |
