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Understanding scientific terms and principles well enough to ask questions, evaluate information, and make decisions.

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Scientific literacy

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Includes observations and conclusions that have been repeated.

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Evidence

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An idea that may be formed from evidence.

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Opinion

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The process of gathering evidence about the natural world and proposing explanations based on evidence.

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Scientific inquiry

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A possible answer to a scientific question.

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Hypothesis

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The one factor that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis.

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Independent variable

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The factor that may change in response to the independent variable.

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Dependent variable

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A scientific experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time.

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Controlled experiment

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An error in the design of the experiment.

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Bias

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A repetition of an experiment.

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Replication