Unit 1 Vocabulary: Nature of Science

observation, measurements, and data gathered to support a scientific explanation

• empirical evidence

• theory

• hypothesis

• observation

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a well-supported explanation of nature

• risk benefit analysis

• law

• theory

• trade-off

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a description of specific relationships under given controlled conditions

• observation

• theory

• hypotheses

• law

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organized procedure to study something under conditions

• model

• experiment

• prototype

• hypothesis

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testable idea or explanation

• hypothesis

• technology

• independent variable

• theory

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the outcome variable

• independent variable

• dependent variable

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gaining information by using senses

• life cycle analysis

• data

• observation

• empirical evidence

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the testable variable

• independent variable

• dependent variable

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information gathered by observation or experiment

• data

• model

• pugh chart

• trade-off

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visual or mathematical representation of an object or system

• data

• experiment

• model

• prototype

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