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The methodical exploration of nature and the logical explanation of the observations
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Science
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Scientific procedure for gathering data and recording observations under controlled conditions
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Experiment
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A systematic investigation that entails performing an experiment, proposing a hypothesis, testing a hypothesis, and stating a theory a theory or law
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Scientific method
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A tentative proposal of a scientific principle that attempts to exaplain the meaning of a set of data collected in an experiment
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Hypothesis
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An extensively tested proposal of a scientific principle that explains the behavior of nature
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Theory
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A pseudoscience that attempted to convert base metal to gold
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Alchemy
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An extensively tested proposal of a scientific principle that states a measurable relationship under different experimental conditions
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Natural law
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Teh study of chemical substances that do not contain carbon
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Inorganic chemistry
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The branch of science that studies the omposition and properties of matter
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Chemistry
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The study of chemical substances that contain the element carbon
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Organic chemistry
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The study of chemical substances derived from plants and animals
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Biochemistry
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According to ancient chinese beliefs, what force in nature was feminine and minfested itself as darkness, cold and wetness?
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Yin
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What force in nature manifested itself as light, heat and dryness?
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Yang
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Name the four basic elements found in nature, according to the Greeks
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Air, fire, water, and earth
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Name the basic elements found in nature according to Aristotle
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Air, fire, earth, water, and ether
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