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Split Page Note Taking SCIENCEWAY OF LEARNING ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD OBSERVINGUSING ONE OR MORE OF THE SENSES TO GATHER INFORMATION QUANTITATIVEDEALS WITH MEASUREMENTS OR COUNTING. (NUMBERS) QUALITATIVEDEALS WITH DESCRIPTIONS THAT CAN NOT BE EXPRESSED IN NUMBERS INFERRINGINTERPRETATIONS OF THINGS YOU OBSERVE PREDICTINGMAKING A STATEMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCES OR EVIDENCE CLASSIFYINGGROUPING ITEMS TOGETHER BASED ON SIMILARITIES MODELSREPRESENTATIONS OF COMPLEX OBJECTS OR PROCESSES EVALUATINGCOMPARING OBSERVATIONS AND DATA TO REACH A CONCLUSION SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION METHODICAL WAY SCIENTISTS STUDY THE NATURAL WORLD

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Split Page Note Taking SKEPTICISMAN ATTITUDE OF DOUBT PERSONAL BIASA PERSONS LIKES OR DISLIKES INFLUENCES HOW HE OR SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETHING CULTURAL BIASTHE WAY A PERSON GROWS UP INFLUENCES HOW HE OR SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETHING EXPERIMENTAL BIAS A MISTAKE IN THE DESIGN OF AN EXPERIMENT THAT MAKES A CERTAIN RESULT MORE POSSIBLE ETHICSJUDGEMENT BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG OBJECTIVEDRAW CONCLUSIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON AVAILABLE EVIDENCE SUBJECTIVEPERSONAL FEELINGS AFFECT HOW YOU DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS DEDUCTIVE REASONING STARTING WITH A GENERAL IDEA AND THEN APPLYING THE IDEA TO A SPECIFIC OBSERVATION INDUCTIVE REASONING USES SPECIFIC OBSERVATIONS TO MAKE GENERALIZATIONS

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Split Page Note Taking SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY THE WAYS SCIENTISTS STUDY THE NATURAL WORLD (scientific method is inquiry) HYPOTHESISA POSSIBLE ANSWER TO SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS BASED ON RESEARCH VARIABLESFACTORS THAT CAN CHANGE IN EXPERIMENTS INDEPENDENT VARIABLE THE PURPOSFULLY CHANGED VARIABLE IN A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT DEPENDENT VARIABLE THE FACTOR THAT CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE CONTROLLED VARIABLES VARIABLES THAT ARE HELD CONSTANT THROUGHOUT EXPERIMENTS TO PROTECT ITS RELIABILITY DATAFACTS, FIGURES, OTHER EVIDENCE GATHERED THROUGH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATIONS SCIENTIFIC THEORY A WELL TESTED AND WIDELY ACCEPTED EXPLANATION OF OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS SCIENTIFIC LAWEXPLANATION ABOUT HOW THINGS WORK IN NATURE.

Intro to Science Vocabulary Review

Intro to Science Vocabulary Know the steps to the scientific method in order

Vocab Review USES SPECIFIC OBSERVATIONS TO MAKE GENERALIZATIONS JUDGEMENT BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON AVAILABLE EVIDENCE A PERSONS LIKES OR DISLIKES INFLUENCES HOW HE OR SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETHING PERSONAL FEELINGS AFFECT HOW YOU DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS THE WAY A PERSON GROWS UP INFLUENCES HOW HE OR SHE THINKS ABOUT SOMETHING STARTING WITH A GENERAL IDEA AND THEN APPLYING THE IDEA TO A SPECIFIC OBSERVATION A MISTAKE IN THE DESIGN OF AN EXPERIMENT THAT MAKES A CERTAIN RESULT MORE POSSIBLE AN ATTITUDE OF DOUBT

Vocab Review USING ONE OR MORE OF THE SENSES TO GATHER INFORMATION WAY OF LEARNING ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD GROUPING ITEMS TOGETHER BASED ON SIMILARITIES DEALS WITH MEASUREMENTS OR COUNTING. (NUMBERS) MAKING A STATEMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCES OR EVIDENCE REPRESENTATIONS OF COMPLEX OBJECTS OR PROCESSES COMPARING OBSERVATIONS AND DATA TO REACH A CONCLUSION INTERPRETATIONS OF THINGS YOU OBSERVE DEALS WITH DESCRIPTIONS THAT CAN NOT BE EXPRESSED IN NUMBERS METHODICAL WAY SCIENTISTS STUDY THE NATURAL WORLD

Vocab Review VARIABLES THAT ARE HELD CONSTANT THROUGHOUT EXPERIMENTS TO PROTECT ITS RELIABILITY THE WAYS SCIENTISTS STUDY THE NATURAL WORLD A POSSIBLE ANSWER TO SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS BASED ON RESEARCH FACTORS THAT CAN CHANGE IN EXPERIMENTS THE PURPOSFULLY CHANGED VARIABLE IN A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT THE FACTOR THAT CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE FACTS, FIGURES, OTHER EVIDENCE GATHERED THROUGH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATIONS A WELL TESTED AND WIDELY ACCEPTED EXPLANATION OF OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS EXPLANATION ABOUT HOW THINGS WORK IN NATURE.