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provide scientific explanations for questions about the world
What is the Scientific Method
information that is verifiable by observation and/or experience
What is empirical data
Scientists from the field evaluate the work and determine validity.
What is Peer review.
The study of non-living things, like matter, energy, space and time.
What is physical science
This is the study of the atmosphere.
What is meteorology.
a problem the scientist is looking to solve
What is a question
an answer to the research question as suggested by the data which may support or reject the hypothesis?
What is a conclusion
A statistical determination of whether change observed is due to chance.
What is Significance
Chemistry and physics was split from this type branch of science.
What is physical science.
This is the study of non-living things in the universe beyond planet Earth.
What is astronomy.
information that is already available from other experiments that can help inform the scientist about the topic
what is background
To Ask a Question, Conduct Background Research, Formulate a Hypothesis, Design and Conduct an Experiment, Analyze the Data, and Draw a Conclusion is called?
What are the Six Steps of the Scientific Method
The thing being measured in an experiment.
Dependent Variable
This is the branch of physical science that studies matter and energy.
What is physics
These are the two main branches of physical science.
What is physics and chemistry.
a proposed explanation that can be empirically tested
What is Hypothesis
This causes prejudice towards a certain outcome.
What is Biases
This is the thing being measured in an experiment.
What is called Dependent Variable.
This branch of physical science studies the substances that make up matter and how matter changes.
What is chemistry
These are the sub-branches of physical science
Geology, meteorology, and astronomy
a scientific test that provides empirical data for a specific hypothesis
What is an experiment
A hypothesis that is widely supported by empirical research.
What is Scientific Theory
It is the thing being tested in an experiment, it should be the only variable changed.
What is an Independent Variable
This is the study of planet Earth.
What is geology.