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| using one or more of your five senses to gather information about the world |
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| information collected through observations |
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| interpretting an observation |
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| making an inference about a future event based on current evidence or past experience |
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| grouping together items that are alike in some way (size, shape, use, etc.) |
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| a picture, diagram, computer image, or other representation of a complex object or process |
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| the process of sharing ideas and information with other people |
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| using mathematical operations |
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| a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question |
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| any factor that can change an experiment |
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| the factor that you change in an experiment |
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| what you measure or observe to obtain your results |
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| an experiment in which all factors except one are kept constant |
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| a statement that describes how a particular variable is to be measured or how a term is to be defined |
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| identifying similarities, or common characteristics |
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| transferring your knowledge from one situation to another |
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| interpreting illustrations |
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| learning from diagrams, photographs, maps, etc. |
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