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is a way to learning more about the natural world
science
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an attempt to explain a pattern observed repeatedly in the natural world
scientific theory
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a rule that describes a pattern in nature
scientific law
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is a collection of structures, cycle, and progress that relate to and interact with each other
system
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the study of living system and the way in which they interact is
life science
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the study of earth system and the system in space
earth science
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the study of matter and energy is
physical science
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is the practice use of science
technology
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is a reasonable and educated possible answer based on what you know and what you observe
hypothesis
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means to draw a conclusion based on what you observe
infer
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involves changing one factor and observing its effect on other while keeping all other factors constant
controlled experiment
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are factors that can be changed in an experiment
variable
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the variable that changed in an experiment is
independent variable
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changes as a result os a change in the independent variable
dependent variable
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the variable that are not changed in an experiment
constant
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is any representation of an object or an event used as a tool for understanding the natural word
model
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means combinig what you already know with the new facts that you are giving to decide if you should agree with somethimg
critical thinking
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aa sientific investigation always contain observation often called
data
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