Chapter 2 Vocabulary

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The process of observing, studying, and experimenting in order to gain knowledge about nature is called _______.

In an experiment, the group in which all variables remain constant is called the ________.

When a hypothesis has not been found to be false as a result of experimentation over a long period of time, that hypothesis achieves the status of a _______.

In order to standardize measurements, worldwide, scientists have adopted a modern form of the metric system is known as the ________.

The factor being tested is referred to as the ______.

A test or trial in which data are gathered is called a(n) ______.

The study of data usually leads to the formation of a(n) _____, an explanatory statement that explains the data and reveals relationships between these scientific facts.

The APPLICATION of scientific knowledge for a useful purpose is called ________.