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Chapter 1.1 vocab
These are the vocab words for section 1.1 in your text book
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Biology
9th Grade
09/04/2012

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Science
Definition
is an organized way of gathering and analyizing evidence about 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 observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it.
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Controlled Experiment
Definition
a experimetn in which only one variable is changed, and all the others are kept the same.
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Independent Variable
Definition
the variable that is deliberately changed in a controlled experiment.
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Dependent Variable
Definition
The variable that is obsered and changes in response to the independent variable.
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Control Group
Definition
Is one of the two groups that experiments are classifed in, that is exposed to the same conditions as an experimental group except for one independent variable.
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Data
Definition
The information gained by scientists making detailed records of experimental observations.
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