Structure & Processes of Organisms SML Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Testable

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Your can try/test it

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Non-testable

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You cant try/test it

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Qualitative

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Measuring how good of something

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Trials

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A test to see how good something is

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Quantitative

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measures how much of something

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Observation

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Observing something to get info

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Empirical Evidence

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Info gained through observing and writing things through experiments

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Data

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Stats gathered for analyzing

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Analogy

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Comparing things for explanations

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Model is science

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Prototype

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The testing phase of something like a machine

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Hypothesis

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a guess of an experiment before you test it

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Variable

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The change In an experiment

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Precision

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Being accurate

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Procedure

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A proper way of doing something

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Accuracy

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how good you can follow something or aim

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Scientific method

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a method including observe, measure, experiment, formulate, test, and hypothesize

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Control

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How well your behavior is

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Constant

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can not be changed in an experiment

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Predict

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guessing the outcome of something

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Infer

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guess the outcome of something with evidence

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Independent Variable

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does not depend on something else

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Dependent Variable

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depends on something

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Manipulated variable

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changed by the person doing the experiment

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Responding variable
the part on an experiment that you watch very closely
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Validity
sounding factual or logical
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Sample size
the number of people in a study
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Trends in data
the change of a variable over time
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Correlation
the connection between 2 or more things
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Variability
no consistency or still pattern
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Mass
Large amount of matter with no singular shape
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Volume
The amount of space something takes up
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Percent
A part of every 100
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Weight
How much matter/mass you have.
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Rate
something measured against something else
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Ratio
A quantitative relation between 2 amounts
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Line graph
A graph that uses lines to show data
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Bar graph
a graph that uses bars to show data
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Pie graph
a graph that uses percentages of a circle to show data
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Scatterplot
a graph that uses points to show data
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Evidence
proof to back up your points
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Claim
a thought or belief that you have
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Reason
a cause/explanation for something
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Theory
ideas that explain things
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Bias
in favor of something, considered to be unfair