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| Critical Thinking | Comparing what you already know with information you are given to decide whether you agree with it or not. |
| Hypothesis | Possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific experiments. |
| Observation | The act of using one or more of your senses to gather information. |
| Scientific Law | Statement of what will happen in a sequence of events. |
| Scientific Theory | Logical explanation of why something happens based on prior experiences and knowledge.and kno |
| Technology | Practical use of scientific knowledge, specifically for commercial and industrial use. |
| Earth Science | Earth Science The study of Earth, including rocks, soils, oceans, the atmosphere, and surface features. |
| Life Science | The study of living things is life science, or biology. |
| Physical Science | The study of matter and energy is physical science. It includes both physics and chemistry. |
| Scientific Method | Method of discovery that includes: observation, question, hypothesis, design, experiment, results, and conclusion. |
| Independent Variable | The variable that is altered in a scientific experiment. |
| Dependent Variable | The variable that is measured or tested in a scientific experiment. |
| Controlled Variable | The variable that remains the same during a scientific experiment. |
| Hypothesis Format | The format in which a hypothesis should be written. It includes the "if, then" statement and the independent and dependent variables. |
| Mean | The average number in a set of data. |
| Median | The middle number in a set of data. |
| Mode | The number(s) that occurs most frequently in a set of data. |
| Range | The difference between the highest and lowest numbers in a set of data. |
