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| Science | a way of learning about the natural world through observations and logical reasoning; leads to a body of knowledge.
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| Observing | the process of using one or more of your senses to gather information.
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| Inferring | the process of making an inference, an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge.
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| Predicting | the process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.
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| Chemistry | the study of properties of matter and how matter changes.
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| Physics | the study of matter, energy, motion, and forces, and how they interact.
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| scientific inquiry | the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence they gather.
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| hypothesis | a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question; must be testable.
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| parameters | a factor that can be measured in an experiment.
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| manipulated variable | the one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; also called independent variable.
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| responding variable | the factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated variable, or independent variable, variable in an expression; also called dependant variable.
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| controlled experiment | an experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.
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| data | facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.
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| communicating | the process of sharing ideas with others through writing and speaking.
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| model | physical, mental, visual, and other representations of an idea to help people understand a concept that they cannot observe directly.
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| scientific theory | a well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results.
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| scientific law | what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions.
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| graph | a picture of information from a date table: shows the relationship between variables.
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| horizontal axis | (x-axis). a line that runs left to right along the bottom of a graph, on which the manipulated variable (or independent variable) is labeled.
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| vertical axis | (y-axis). a lien that runs up and down along the side of a graph, on which the responding variable (or dependant variable) is labeled.
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| origin | the (0, 0) point on a line graph, where the x-axis and y-axis cross line on a graph.
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| coordinant | a pair of numbers used to determine the position of a point on a graph.
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| data point | a point on a graph showing the location of a piece of data.
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| line of best fit | a smooth line that reflects the general pattern in a graph.
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| linear graph | a line graph in which the data points yields a straight line.
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| slope | the steepness of a line on a graph, equal to its vertical change divided by its horizontal change.
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| non linear graph | a line in which the data points don't fall along a straight line.
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| qualitative data | data that cant be measured and doesn't involve numbers.
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| quantitative data | data that involves numbers and / or can be measured.
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