Scientific Inquiry

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hypothesis

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a possible explanation or answer to a question

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inquiry

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learning by asking questions

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lab report parts

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question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, data, conclusion

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natural laws

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rules of how the universe works

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theory

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a well tested hypothesis

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evidence

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careful observations and measurements

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experimentation

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a way to gather evidence, compare effects of an independent variable

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data

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observations from an experiment, measurements, values, numbers

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control group

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group used for comparison, no independent variable

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experimental group

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group with the independent variable