Earth Science '08
The Nature of Science Ch. 1
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Hypothesis: |
an educated guess |
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Earth Science: |
the study of Earth and Space |
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Constant: |
the variables that don't change in an experiment |
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Technology: |
the use of scientific discoveries for practical purposes |
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Scientific Law: |
a rule that describes the behavior of someting in nature |
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Scientific- Method: |
problem solving process |
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the different factors that can change in an experiment |
Variable |
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Factor being measured in an experiment |
dependant variable |
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an Explination or model backed by results obtained from many testor experiments |
Scientific Theory |
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deals with moral values about what is good or bad |
Ethics |
