Science Concepts Flashcards

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The goal of science

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To discover what Natural Laws are.

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Inquiry

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Learning by asking questions.

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What can be taken as Scientific evidence

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Includes numbers, charts, tables, graphs, and drawings,must be objective and repeatable.

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Scientific Theory

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An attempt to describe a natural law.

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Hypothesis

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A possible explanation that must be able to be tested.

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Scientific method

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Does not always go from start to finish in order; sometimes it jumps around.

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Objective evidence

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Describes evidence that documents only what actually happened as exactly as possible.

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Repeatable evidence

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Can be seen independently by others if they repeat the same experiment or observation.

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Theory

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A scientific explanation supported by a lot of evidence collected over a long period of time.

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Control variable

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The parts of the experiment that you keep the same