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BOT 131
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Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 2
09/13/2011
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Fact
 Definition
Something believed to be true through observation and measurement.
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Hypothesis
 Definition
Educated guess or a working assumption about something.  Only useful if testable.
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Theory
 Definition
In "science," conceptual framework based on many observations used to explain observations and predict new ones.
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Teleological
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Implies purpose
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Non-teleological
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Mechanistic
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