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CHAPTER 1 - DAY 1ANALYZE - to examine something in parts in order to understand the whole.BIOGENESIS - theory that living things can be produced from only living things.SPONTANEOUS GENERATION - was the belief that living things could be produced from nonliving things.OBSERVATION - to make a mental note of something you’ve noticed, or seen.MEASUREMENT - a way to describe the world with numbers.DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH - answers scientific questions through observation.

CHAPTER 1 - DAY 2SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL - a book used to record scientific data and results in that you can refer back to .

CONCLUSION - the end or finished result of an experiment.

COMPARE - to examine something in order to note similarities between at least two experiments.

CONTRAST - to show the difference between two or more objects when they are being compared.

BIAS - a prejudice for or against something - affects your judgement.

CHAPTER 1 - DAY 3CONSTANT - variable that stays the same during an experiment.

CONTROL - sample that is treated like other experimental groups except that the independent variable is not applied to it.

DEPENDENT VARIABLE - factor that is being measured during an experiment.

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGN -used to answer scientific questions by testing a hypothesis.

HYPOTHESIS - prediction or statement that can be tested and may be formed by prior knowledge, any previous observations, and new information.

CHAPTER 1 - DAY 4INDEPENDENT VARIABLE - variable that can be changed during an experiment.

MODEL - represents something that is too big, too small, too dangerous, too time consuming, too expensive, or happens too quickly or too slowly to observe directly.

SCIENCE - process used to investigate what is happening around us in order to solve problems or answer questions.

SCIENTIFIC METHOD - ways to solve problems that can include step-by-step plans, making models, and carefully thought-out experiments.

TECHNOLOGY - application of science to make useful products and tools, such as computers.