Unit 1 Vocabulary LS

Way of gaining knowledge about the natural world that depends on evidence, reasoning, and repeated testing.

• Science

• Scientific theory

• Biology

• Ethics

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Broad explanation that is widely accepted because it is supported by a great deal of evidence.

• Experimental group

• Hypothesis

• Scientific theory

• Scientific law

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study of life and living things.

• Bias

• Hypothesis

• Physics

• Biology

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A statement describing what always happens under certain conditions in nature.

• Scientific Explanation

• Scientific Theory

• Conclusion

• Scientific law

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Societal rules of conduct or moral principles that should be followed when conducting scientific investigations.

• Ethics

• Bias

• Experiment

• Control Group

Is intentional or unintentional prejudice toward a specific outcome in a scientific investigation or experiment.

• Ethics

• Control Group

• Bias

• Experimental Group

Anything detected with the senses, which include sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Constants

• Sixth Sense

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Tentative explanation to a scientific question that can be tested. (inference)

• Reasoning

• Answer

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

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Scientific investigation made under controlled conditions to test the validity of a hypothesis.

• Observation

• Experiment

• Experimental Group

• Scientific Theory

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The group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested.

• Control Group

• Experimental Group

• Bias

• Trials

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