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08/22/2016

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Scientific Method
Definition
A. The general process B.An example from everyday life.
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Observation
Definition
In the scientific method, the noting of a specific phenonenom, leading to the formulation of a hypothesis
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Hypothesis
Definition
In the scientific method, a supposition based on previous observations that is offered as an explanation phenomenom ans is used as the basis for further observation, or experiments
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Experiments
Definition
In the scientific method, the testing of a hypothesis by carefully controlled observati: leading to a conclusion
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Variable
Definition
a factor in a scientific experiment that is deliberately manipulated in order to text a hypothesis
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Scietnific Theory
Definition
a general explanation of a natural phenomenon developed through extensive and reproducible observations
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Inductive reasoning
Definition
the process of creating a generalized based on specific reasoning
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Deductive Reasoning
Definition
the process of generating a hypothesis about how a specific experiment
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evolution
Definition
The decent of modern organisms with modification from preexisting life
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Natural Selection
Definition
the unequal survival ans reproduction of organisms due to enviromental forces
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DNA
Definition
Contains the genetic information of all living cells
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Mutation
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A change in the base of the DNA
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