Science Quarterly 1 (25-26 McGrawHill)

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information that is gathered through observation or experiments that can be used to support or disprove a scientific theory or belief

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Empirical Evidence

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an educated idea or explanation that you can test through study and experimentation

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Hypothesis

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the act or process of examining evidence

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Investigation

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an educated guess based on observations

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inference

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using your 5 senses (sight, touch, sound, taste, and smell) to gather information

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observation

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a bigger or smaller representation of a object that can be used to study

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model

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spins around its axis (poles)

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rotate

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rotation

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moving around an object; what the Earth does to the Sun; what the Moon does to the Earth

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Revolve

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Revolution

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Another way of saying revolving

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orbiting

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a group of stars that form imaginary lines and shapes in the sky; examples: the Big Dipper and Orion

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Constellations