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Vocab Ch.1 Mrs. Kohl
Vocab for Chapter 1
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an orderly method of gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge. | Scientific Method |
a close agreement by competent observers who make a series of observations of the same phenomenon. | fact |
an educated guess that is not fully accepted until demonstrated by experiment. | hypothesis |
general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted.also known as a principle. | laws |
general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted.also known as a law. | principle |
syntesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypotheses about certain aspects of the natural world. | theory |