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Chapter 1 vocab
vocabulary for chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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an orderly method of gaining, organizing, and aoolying new knowledge | Scientific method |
a close agreement by competent observers who make a series of observations of the same phenomenon | Fact |
an educted guess that is not fully accepted until demonstrated by experiments | Hypothesis |
A general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantaties that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted. Also known as principle. | Law |
A general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantaties that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted.Also know as law. | Principle |
A synethesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypothesis about aspects of the natural world | Theory |