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Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An organized way to test
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scientific hypotheses \|
Qualitative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔observation using the 5 senses
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(example red, blue, hot, cold)
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Quantitative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Observation using measuring tools
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and is given in a number form (example 5 milliliters of liquid)
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Dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Variable that
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responds(depends) on what is changed by the researcher. \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
Independent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Variable that you change in
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the experiment. The "I changed it" Variable.
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Control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Setup where the independent variable is
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not changed.
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Constant - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Things that can change in an
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experiment but you want to keep the same.
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,Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An educated guess.
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Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An accepted explanation of something
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based on many observations and experiments.
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Evidence - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔your basis for belief or disbelief;
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knowledge on which to base belief \| \| \| \| \|
Analysis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an investigation of the component parts
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of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
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Inference - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the act of passing from one proposition,
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statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed
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to follow from that of the former
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Observation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an act of recognizing and noting a
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fact or occurrence often involving measurement with instruments
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Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a reasoned judgment: the necessary
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consequence of two or more propositions taken as premises \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
Deduction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the deriving of a conclusion by
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reasoning
, Kingdom - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a major category (as Plantae or
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Protista) in biological taxonomy that ranks above the phylum and below the
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domain
Phylum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a primary category in biological
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taxonomy especially of animals that ranks above the class and below the
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kingdom
Class - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a major category in biological taxonomy
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ranking above the order and below the phylum or division
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Order - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔taxonomic group containing one or more
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families
Family - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a taxonomic group containing one or
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more genera (sharks belong to the fish family)
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Genus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔taxonomic group containing one or more
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species
Species - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔taxonomic group whose members can
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interbreed
Organism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a living thing that has (or can develop)
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the ability to act or function independently
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with correct answers \| \|
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An organized way to test
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scientific hypotheses \|
Qualitative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔observation using the 5 senses
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(example red, blue, hot, cold)
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Quantitative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Observation using measuring tools
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and is given in a number form (example 5 milliliters of liquid)
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Dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Variable that
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responds(depends) on what is changed by the researcher. \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
Independent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Variable that you change in
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the experiment. The "I changed it" Variable.
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Control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Setup where the independent variable is
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not changed.
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Constant - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Things that can change in an
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experiment but you want to keep the same.
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,Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An educated guess.
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Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An accepted explanation of something
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based on many observations and experiments.
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Evidence - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔your basis for belief or disbelief;
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knowledge on which to base belief \| \| \| \| \|
Analysis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an investigation of the component parts
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of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
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Inference - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the act of passing from one proposition,
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statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed
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to follow from that of the former
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Observation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an act of recognizing and noting a
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fact or occurrence often involving measurement with instruments
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Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a reasoned judgment: the necessary
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consequence of two or more propositions taken as premises \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
Deduction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the deriving of a conclusion by
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reasoning
, Kingdom - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a major category (as Plantae or
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Protista) in biological taxonomy that ranks above the phylum and below the
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domain
Phylum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a primary category in biological
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taxonomy especially of animals that ranks above the class and below the
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kingdom
Class - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a major category in biological taxonomy
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ranking above the order and below the phylum or division
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Order - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔taxonomic group containing one or more
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families
Family - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a taxonomic group containing one or
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more genera (sharks belong to the fish family)
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Genus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔taxonomic group containing one or more
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species
Species - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔taxonomic group whose members can
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interbreed
Organism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a living thing that has (or can develop)
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the ability to act or function independently
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