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What is science?

a method of organizing curiosities & gathering

info in a repeatable fashion (Science is a Verb!)
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What is the goal of science?

to understand the world around us

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What is the scientific spirit?

the refusal to accept an explanation without
evidence or proof  (Ask Why!   Prove It!)
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What do scientists do?

*investigate  *observe  *test  *question  *repeat
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What are the branches of science?

*Biological       *Physical(chemistry & physics)    *Earth
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Explain how science and technology depend on each other.

Technology is the application of scientific discoveries
but, technology sometimes allows new discoveries.
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What is a fact?                  What is a theory?

        best explanation                ideas that explain facts
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Compare a scientific law and a scientific theory.

Laws state repeated observations, but they do not
explain them.  Theories explain why things happen.
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Compare quantitative and qualitative descriptions.

*quantitative use numbers     *qualitative compares