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| "the knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principles that can be verified or tested." |
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| "the application of science for practical purposes" |
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| "a summary of many experimental results and observations; a law tells how things work" |
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| "an explanation for some phenomenon that is based on observation, experimentation, and reason" |
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| "the ability and willingness to assess claims critically and to make judgements on the basis of objective and supported reasons" |
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| "a series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating the conclusions" |
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| "a factor that changes in an experiment in order to test a hypothesis" |
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| "a measure of the straight line distance between two points" |
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| "a measure of the amount of matter in an object" |
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| "a measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space" |
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| "a measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object" |
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| "a method of expressing a quantity as a number multiplied by 10 to the appropriate number" |
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| "the exactness of a measurement" |
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| "a prescribed decimal place the determines the amount or rounding off to be done based on the precision of the measurement" |
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| "a description of how close a measurement is to the true value of a quantity measured " |
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