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group exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable 
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logical interpretation based on what scientists already know 
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the act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way 
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the variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable 
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scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it 
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the variable that is deliberately changed in an experiment  
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an organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world 
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detailed records of experimental observations gathering information 
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