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Flashcards by Ariela flores, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ariela flores
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| The diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world. | Scientific inquiry |
| A skill that involves the use of one or more senses. | Observation |
| The facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through an observation. | Data |
| An interpretation of an observation that is based on evidence or prior Knowledge. | Inference |
| Inference | Variable |
| A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question; must be testable. | Hypothesis |
| The one factor that a scientist changes to test a hypothesis during and experiment; also called the independent variable. | Manipulated variable |
| The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated variable in an experiment; also called the dependent variable. | Responding Variable |
| An experiment in which all of the variables except for one remain the same. | Controlled experiment |
| A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations. | Scientific theory |
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