Science Vocab
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- zoology
- study of animals
- Independent variable
- this is the one thing you plan on changing
- enviromental
- study of pollution sources of pollution and their control, ecology
- Experiment
- a process taken to discover something not yet known
- Behavioral and social sciences
- human and animal behavior social and community relationships
- Trials
- number of times you conduct your experiment
- Engineering and mathematics
- engineering technology projects that directly apply scientific principles to manufacturing and practiced; devlopment of formal logical systems or various numerical and algebraic computations and the application of these princliples
- Variable
- anything that can be changed or varied in an experiment
- Data
- informant obtained from your study
- chemistry
- study of the nature and composition of matter and the laws governing it
- Demonstrative
- a practical showing of how something works or is used
- Health
- study of diseases and health of humans and animals
- Hypothesis
- an educated guess, an unproved theory used as a basis for further study, in the same format as the problem question,& in answer to the problem question
- Scientific method
- series of steps allowed to ensure an effective science experiment
- Dependent variable
- this is the change you are going to measure
- computer science
- study and development of computer software and hardware and associated logical devices
- control
- the part of the experiment that is used for comparison
- Botany
- study of plant life
- Validity
- the results of the experiment are reliable and accurate because the experiment was conducted uniformity and without error
- Earth and space science
- geology mineralogy, physiography,oceanography, meteorology, climatology, astronomy, palentology
- Problem Question
- this is the question you will answer with your experiment. Should be a question
- Physics
- theory's, principles, and laws governing energy on matter