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5. 1 Communication Skills Science Basics of Science/The Study of Life Scientific Inquiry begins with.

6. 1 Observation or hypothesis Home

7. 2 Scientific Inquiry involves asking questions and ___.

8. 2 Accuracy or processing information

9. 3 Before performing a(an), scientific must make inferences.

10. 3 Data or experiment

11. 4 Scientists design a(an), which helps them test their hypothesis to gather _______________.

12. 4 Experiment, hypothesis or data

13. 5 When examining their research, scientists must make sure that they have avoided, repeated their trials, and collected data from a large enough.

14. 5 Bias, accuracy or sample size

15. 6 Before publishing their findings, scientists have their work peer reviewed for originality and.

16. 6 Observation or accuracy

17. 7 Which of the following topics could NOT be studied using science?

18. 7 Weather Ladybugs Religion Photosynthesis

19. 8 Observations are best described by all BUT WHICH of the following statements?

20. 8 They can come from previous studies They are statements about the fictitious world They are statements made using the different 5 senses – sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch They are an educated guess as to what will happen

21. 9 What best describes a theory?

22. 9 It is your best guess at the moment It is the same as a hypothesis It is a broad explanation supported by a great amount of evidence It is a hypothesis that was proven