DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
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100
THE STUDY OF LIVING THINGS
What is life science?
100
A WAY OF LEARNING ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD
What is science?
100
an observation that deals with characteristics that cannot be exposed in numbers.
What is a qualitive observation?
100
SEVER WEATHER, ANIMALS, TRAFFIC, POISONOUS PLANTS
What are possible hazards?
200
FACTORS THAT CAN CHANGE AN EXPERIMENT
What is a variable?
200
interpreting the things you observe
What is inferring?
200
an observation that deals with numbers or amounts
What is a quantitive observation?
200
can be harmful if on the ground
What are bad effects of pesticides?
300
AN EXPERIMENT IN WHICH ONLY ONE VARIABLE IS MANIPULATED AT A TIME
What is a controlled experiment
300
the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world
What is scientific inquiry?
300
a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific answer
What is a hypothesis?
300
kills insects that eat crops
What are god effects of pesticides
400
a person who is trained to use both technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
What is an engineer?
400
how people change the wold around them to meet their needs o solve practical problems
What is technology?
400
the one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis
What is a manipulated variable?
400
to improve the way people live
What is the goal of technology?
500
using one or more of your senses to gather information
What is observing?
500
a statement that describes how to measure a variable or define a term
What is an operational definition
500
the factor that may change in response to the manipulated variable
What is a responding variable?
500
a group of people that live in the same area and have certain things in common
What is a society?