Intro to Science Notes BR/ES

Science deals only with the natural world

• True

• False

To learn about the natural world, science uses

• Estimates

• Evidence

• Only inferences

• Explanations that cannot be tested

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Information gathered from observations

• inferences

• hypothesis

• predictions

• data

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The sample contains 10 mL of solution

• quantitative data

• qualitative data

The cells are swollen and lack a nucleus

• Quantitative data

• Qualitative data

Inferences are based on

• Prior knowledge

• Direct observations

The orca is black and white

• Observation

• Inference

There are several other whales traveling with this one

• Observation

• Inference

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This whale is hunting a seal

• Observation

• Inference

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A proposed explanation that is testable

• Prediction

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

• Inference

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