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| Variable that is NOT changed in an experiment. |
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| Involves changing one factor and observing its effect on one thing while keeping all other things constant. |
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Involves using knowledge and thinking skills to evaluate evidence and explainations. |
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Information gathered during an investigation; recorded in the form of descriptions, tables, graphs, or drawings. |
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Variable that changes as a result of a change in the independent variable. |
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| Study of Earth systems and systems in space, including weather and climate systems, and the study of nonliving things such as rocks, oceans, and planets. |
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Resonable guess that can be tested and is based on what is known and what is observed. |
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Variable that is changed in an experiment. |
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To draw a conclusion based on observation. |
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Study of living systems and how they interact. |
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| Any representation of an object or an event that is used as a tool for understanding the natural world; can communicate observations and ideas, test predictions and save time, money and lives. |
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Study of matter, which is anything that takes up space and has mass, and the study of energy, which is the ability to cause change. |
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Way of learning more about the natural world that provides possible explainations to questions and involves using a collection of skills. |
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A rule that describes a pattern in nature but does not try to explain why something happens. |
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| A possible explaination for repeatedly observed patterns in nature supported by observations and results and results from many investigations. |
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Collection of structures, cycles and processes that relate to and interact with each other. |
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Use of science to help people in some way. |
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Factor that can be changed in an experiment. |
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