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| The study of the natural world |
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| Using one or more senses to gather information |
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| Making an inference, which is based on reasoning from what you already know |
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| Making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experiences or evidence |
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| The study of the properties of matter and its changes |
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| The study of matter, energy, motion, and forces, and how they interact |
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| The different ways scientists study the world |
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| The 6 Steps of Scientific Inquiry |
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1) Ask Questions
2) Hypothesis
3) Experiment
4) Collect and Interpret Data
5) Conclusions
6) Communicate |
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| A possible answer to a scientific question or explanation for a set of observations |
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| A factor that can be measured in an experiment |
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| The variable that is purposely changed |
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| The variable that changes because of the manipulated variable |
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| An experiment where only one variable is changed at a time |
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| Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations |
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| Sharing ideas and conclusions with others through writing and speaking |
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| A picture, diagram, computer image, or other other representation of an object or process |
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| A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results |
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| A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions |
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| International System of Units |
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| Measure of the force of gravity on you |
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| The measure of the amount of matter an object has |
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| The amount of space an object takes up |
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| The curve on the surface of the water in a graduated cylinder |
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| Mass/Volume: kg/(m^3) OR g/(cm^3) OR g/mL |
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| How close a measurement is to the true or actual value |
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| How close a group of measurements are to each other |
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| An approximation of a number based on reasonable assumptions |
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| all the digits that have been measured exactly plus one estimated digit |
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| The measure of the exactness of a measurement |
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| The point of a coordinate |
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| A smooth line that shows the trend of a graph |
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| The steepness of the graph |
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