How Science Works

SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: the ability to understand, analyze, and apply scientific information

• True

• False

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SUPERNATURAL: organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world

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• False

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SCIENTIFIC THEORY: a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results; answers why and how type questions in science

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• False

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the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions

• science

• morals

• ethics

• values

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a system of measurement based on the number 10 that is used in science

• metric system

• arabic numeral

• flash burns

• scientific theory

a statement that describes is expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions; usually represented as a mathematical formula; answers what type of questions in science

• scientific law

• natural law

• church law

• scientific theory

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NGSS.HS-PS1-7

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the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information.

• evidence

• peer review

• observations

• experiments

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

a test of predicted outcomes from different variables in a controlled environment

• experiment

• peer review

• observations

• evidence

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process by which the procedures and results of an experiment are evaluated by other scientists

• peer review

• observation

• evidence

• experiments

the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief is true or valid.

• evidence

• peer review

• observations

• experiments

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