EVSC 1080 Chapter 2: Chapter two notes one
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Science is a human effort to discover how he physical world works by making observations and measuremens and carrying out experiments. It is based on the assumption that events in the physical world follow orderly cause-and-effect patterns that we can understand. Find out what is known about the problem. Propose a hypothesis to explain the data. A scientific theory has been tested widely, is supported by extensive evidence, and is accepted by most scientists in a particular field of study. Reliable science consists of data, hypotheses, models, theories, and laws that are widely accepted by all or most of the scientists who are considered experts in the field under study.