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Science Chapter One
Scientific Thinking
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Representation of a complex process
Models
Useful tool that may help a scientist interpret data by revealing unexpected patterns is a?
Graph
Making a statement or claim about what will happen in the future base on past evidence or
experience
Prediction
When scientists put things into groups, they are?
Classifying
In science, a hypothesis must be
Testable
Organized way to collect and record scientific observations is using a
Data Table
Trying to explain a solar eclipse is an example of
Scientific Inquiry
A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen ever time under a particular set
of conditions is a
Scientific Law
Facts, figures, and other evidence through observations are called
data
The factor that may change in response to the independent variable is called the
dependent variable
Observations that deal with a number or an amount are called
quantitative
Observations that CANNOT de expressed in numbers are called
qualitative
A summary of what you have learned from a scientific experiment is called a
Conclusion
A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results is called
a scientific
theory
Explaining or interpreting the things you observe based on reasoning from what you already
know is
inferring