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Vocab chapter1
Vocabulary Chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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An orderly method for gaining,organizing, and applying new knowledge | Scientific Method |
A close agreement for competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomena | Fact |
An educated guess; a reasonable explanation of an observation or an experimental result that is not fully excepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment | Hypothesis |
A general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quanities 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 quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted; also known as law. | Principle |
A synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypotheses about aspects of the natural world. | Theory |