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| What is the goal of science? |
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The goal of science is to investigate and understand the natural world.
Explain events in the natural world.
Use explanations to make useful predictions. |
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| Process of gathering about events or processes in a careful, orderly way |
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| Information gathered from observation |
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| A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience |
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| A proposed scientific explaination for a set of observations |
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Numbers obtained by counting
(comparisions) |
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Can't use numbers
Qulaties or characteristics that can't be counted |
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An experiment where one variable is changed at a time
All other variabes are controlled or unchanged |
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| A variable that is deliberatly changed |
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Observed variable
Changes in response to the manipulated variable |
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