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Scientists come from many different backgrounds,
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The qualities of scientific thinking include asking
questions, seeking evidence, forming hypotheses,
testing hypotheses, being skeptical, and working
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Technology plays an important role in applying
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The material or data from which conclusionscan be drawn and by which proof can beestablished.
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A tentative explanation for an observation orphenomenon, developed from availableinformation and used as a basis for testing.
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The application of scientific discoveries tomeet human objectives.
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Doing science is a complex process that does not
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When scientists investigate questions, they state the
question, gather evidence, form a hypothesis, and
test the hypothesis.
Scientists publish their results in scientific journals,
which provides the opportunity for their peers to
review their work. Testing ideas is vital to science.
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Information gathered through scientific inquiry
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A theory is an explanation for observable events for
which no exceptions have been noted.
Developing a Theory
Fission This hypothesis proposedthat the moon had once been partof Earth. Earth was spinning sofast that a large piece tore awayand flew off into space.
Fission was disproved.
Impact This hypothesis proposed thatduring Earth’s formation, a planet-sizedobject struck it. The impact destroyed theother planet and released debris, whicheventually coalesced into the moon.
This theory is currently accepted.
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A theory is an explanation for observable events for
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Scientific laws are generalizations about the natural
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Investigation of a natural phenomenon byobserving, asking questions, forming ahypothesis, gathering data, testing thehypothesis, and sharing what has beenlearned.
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The process by which one’s work or researchis reviewed by experts in the field to evaluatethe validity of the work.
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An explanation or model based onobservation, reasoning, and experimentation,especially one that has been tested andconfirmed as a general explanation forphenomena that has been observed.
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A generalized statement about how the naturalworld behaves under certain conditions and forwhich no exceptions have ever been found.
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Scientists use a variety of tools, both simple and
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Some tools, for example the telescope, were not
originally intended for scientific study, yet they are
now used widely in Earth science research.
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A. Three Scientist’s, Three Individuals
B. Different Lives, Common Goals
C. Qualities of Scientific Thinking
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