Marine Science Chapter 1 Vocabulary

A statement that might be true, and might be the answer to a question or a problem. The scientist will test it with an experiment.

• observation

• conclusion

• independent variable

• hypothesis

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For an idea or a guess to be considered a hypothesis, it must be able to be tested with...

• observations

• an experiment

• conclusions

• research

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Also called the manipulated variable, it is the one thing the scientist purposely changes to test what will happen:

• independent variable

• controlled variable

• dependent variable

• induction variable

This responds to the test variable...

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• control

• data

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The factors that might influence or affect outcomes in an experiment, and the scientist decides to keep the same, or constant:

• data

• conclusions

• controls

• observations

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The set of procedures that scientists use to learn about the world is called the...

• scientific theory

• scientific method

• scientific materials

• scientific experiment

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Reasoning from specific observations to a general conclusion, for example stating that if sailfish, sharks, and tuna are all fish (specific), then all fish must have gills (general).

• induction

• deduction

• subjunctive

• introspection

Reasoning from general principles to specific conclusions: such as stating that if all fish have gills (general), then sharks must have gills (specific).

• introduction

• induction

• deduction

• reduction

Based on repeated experiments and observations, this PREDICTS a range of natural phenomena.

• scientific method

• scientific theory

• scientific experimentation

• scientific law

When a hypothesis has passed all testing and is supported by overwhelming evidence, it EXPLAINS why a natural phenomenon occurs. This is a comprehensive EXPLANATION of our observations of how the world works.

• scientific method

• conclusion

• scientific theory

• scientific law

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