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- Science
- organized facts and information about the universe
- Physical Science
- the study of matter and energy
- Chemistry
- the study of matter and its composition
- Physics
- the study of energy and its effects on matter
- Scientific Method
- a step by step organized approach to solving a scientific problem
- Hypothesis
- an educated guess about the answer to a problem based on observations and information
- Experiment
- procedures set up to test a hypothesis
- data
- information and facts collected in an experiment
- conclusion
- a decision about the hypothesis being correct or incorrect based on the data collected
- observation
- collecting information by use of the 5 senses
- graphs/charts
- used to show data in an easy to understand manner
- Theory
- an explanantion for observed facts and information that have been tested by experimentation
- Scientific Law
- scientific information that has been proven by many experiments and scientific observations to be true over a long period of time
- model
- a representaion of an object or system often larger or smaller than what it represents