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Science
Question | Answer |
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What is a scientific law | a statement that describes a commonly occurring natural event |
what is a scientific theory | it is a proposed explanation of something that happens in nature it can be used to predict further events of the same kind |
how do we learn in science | we observe, ask questions, propose answers, test proposed answers and share our results with others |
what is scientific method | it is a systematic way of finding out more about the world |
experiment | a scientific way to tst out a theory |
hypothesis | a careful prediction that can be tested about how and investigation or experiment will turn out |
observation | a careful way of taking notes of someone or something using our 5 senses |
data | info or facts |
outcome | the result of something |
procedure | the way of doing something involving a numbered series of steps |
variables | conditions that affect the outcome of an experiment |
analysis | making sense of the data by looking for patterns and relationships to explain results |
conclusion | the ending result based on the facts you have |
fair test | a investigation in which all variables are controlled except the one that's being tested |
testable question | how scientists begin an investigation. |