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9th Grade
09/10/2014

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Term
science
Definition
is an organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence of the natural world.
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observation
Definition
is the act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way.
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inference
Definition
is a logical interpretation based on what scientists already know.
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hypothesis
Definition
is a scientific explanation for a set of observation that can be tested in ways that support or reject it.
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control group
Definition
is exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable.
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controlled variable
Definition
all other variables should be kept unchanged, or controlled.
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independent variable
Definition
the variable that is deriberately changed
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dependendent variable
Definition
the variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable
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control group
Definition
is exposed to the same conditions s the experimental group except for one independent variable
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