Mr. Little Bio 1-1,1-2 vocab

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Organized use of evidence to learn about the natural world

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science

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Gathering information about events or processes in an orderly way.

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Observation

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Proposed scientific explanation for observations

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hypothesis

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Info from observations

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data

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Logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience

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Inference

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Theory that life arises from nonliving matter

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Spontaneous generation

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Test where one variable changes at a time

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Controlled experiment

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Deliberately changed in an experiment

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Controlled variable

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Observed in an experiment:

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Responding variable

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Hypothesis supported by many investigations

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Theory