What is Science Review

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What are scientific explanations based on?

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Evidence

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What is the controlled procedure that tests the effect of one variable on another?

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Experiment

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Empirical Evidence

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Information acquired by observation or experimentation.

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Skepticism ?

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Doubt about the truth of something

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Theory

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A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment

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Scientific Process

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A method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.

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Once a theory has been tested and confirmed it cannot be changed.

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False

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Do scientists need to base their experiments on both facts and opinions?

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False

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Science is a collaboration of multiple people working together and contributing information. Most inventions, medical solutions, and wildlife management plans are the result of multiple scientists contributing multiple pieces of the puzzle over time.

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True

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Science involves people's beliefs.

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False