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The process of grouping together items that are alike in some way.
What is classifying
Reasoning that is based on personal feelings or personal values.
What is subjective reasoning.
The process of making an inference, an interpretations based on observations and prior knowledge.
What is inferring
Reasoning that is based on evidence.
What is objective reasoning.
A way of learning about the natural world through observations and logical reasoning.
What is science
A set of beliefs that may make use of science, but whose conclusions and predictions are not based on observation, objective reasoning, or scientific evidence.
What is pseudoscience.
What is qualitative observation
Data and observations that are collected through scientific process and that explain a particular observation.
What is empirical evidence.
What is observing
The ongoing process of discovery in science.
What is scientific inquiry
Evaluating data to reach a conclusion about an experiement.
What is analyzing
Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.
What is data.
An observation that deals with a number or amount.
What is quantitative observation
The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; manipulated variable
What is independent variable.
The process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.
What is predicting
An attitude of doubt.
What is skepticism
The factor that changes as a result of changes to the independent variable in an experiment; responding variable.
An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.
What is a controlled experiment.
A subjective belief that affects a person's attitude toward something.
What is bias
A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question; must be testable
What is a hypothesis
A generalization that makes sense of observations by using logical reasoning.
What is scientific explanation.
Observations and conclusions that have been repeated.
What is evidence.
A repetition of an experiment to gather additional data and determine whether the experiment's results support the hypothesis.
What is a repeated trial
An idea about a situation that is not supported by evidence.
What is an opinion.
The process by which a cell makes a copy of the DNA in its nucleus before cell division.
What is replication.