What Is Science?

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What is science?

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Science is the study of the natural world through observation and experimentation.

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What can increase our confidence in a scientific claim?

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Scientific evidence.

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What must scientists always be willing to do?

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Change their mind based on new evidence.

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Which of these is NOT a practice of science?

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Making claims without evidence.

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Do scientific facts ever change?

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Yes, when there is new evidence.

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Which of these can be studied through science?

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Butterflies.

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What is a hypothesis?

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A hypothesis is an educated guess that can be tested.

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What is an experiment?

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An experiment is a test to see if a hypothesis is true or false.

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What is data?

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Data is information collected during an experiment.

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What is a scientific theory?

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A scientific theory is a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations.