front 1 Applying ideas | back 1 Taking information learned one set of circumstances and using it in another situation. |
front 2 Assess | back 2 To determine the importance, adequacy, or significance of something. |
front 3 Assumption | back 3 A belief that something is true without checking its validity. |
front 4 Bias | back 4 Anything that sways an experiment's results in a way that makes them inaccurate. |
front 5 Cause | back 5 Something that makes something else (an effect) happen. |
front 6 Chart | back 6 A visual representation of data. |
front 7 Circular Argument | back 7 A form of faulty logic which a conclusion is supported by reasons that simply restate the conclusion. |
front 8 Compare | back 8 To identify how things are alike. |
front 9 Conclusion | back 9 A logical result or generalization. |
front 10 Context | back 10 The situation within which something is said or done. |
front 11 Diagram | back 11 A picture or an illustration that shows information. |
front 12 Drawing Conclusions | back 12 Expressing unstated ideas that are logically connected to give information. |
front 13 Effect | back 13 A result of an action or condition. |
front 14 Error | back 14 Mistake in an investigation, including inaccuracy of measuring instruments and sampling. |
front 15 Evaluate | back 15 To examine something in order to judge its significance. |
front 16 Evidence | back 16 Observations and data from experiments that support or oppose a stated point of view. |
front 17 Experiment | back 17 A procedure that is designed to test a hypothesis |
front 18 Explanation | back 18 The addition of newly acquired evidence to facts that are already known. |
front 19 Fact | back 19 Something that can be proven true. |
front 20 Faulty Logic | back 20 Errors in reasoning. |
front 21 Graph | back 21 A physical representation of data. |
front 22 Hasty Generalization | back 22 A form of faulty logic in which a conclusion is based on insufficent evidence. |
front 23 Hypothesis | back 23 A reasonable explanation of evidence or a prediction based on evidence. |
front 24 Implication | back 24 A fact or idea that is suggested by stated information. |
front 25 Imply | back 25 To suggest something without actually stating it. |
front 26 Infer | back 26 To figure out something that is suggested by stated information. |
front 27 Inference | back 27 A fact or idea that you figure out based on stated information. |
front 28 Irrelevant Information | back 28 Information that includes any facts that do not directly a person's decision. |
front 29 Main Idea | back 29 The central topic of a paragraph, passage, or diagram. |
front 30 Opinion | back 30 A personal belief that is often on a person's own value system. |
front 31 Oversimplification | back 31 A form of faulty logic in which something is so simplified so much that it becomes incorrect. |
front 32 Prediction | back 32 A guess based on facts. |
front 33 Relevant Information | back 33 Information that includes facts that directly affect a person's decision. |
front 34 Restate | back 34 To use different words and phrases to express the same idea. |
front 35 Sequence | back 35 The order in which things happen. |
front 36 Summarize | back 36 To condense or shorten a larger amount of information into a few sentences. |
front 37 Supporting Details | back 37 Observations, measurements, and other facts that back up a conclusion. |
front 38 Table | back 38 A type of list that organizes information in rows and columns. |
front 39 Topic Sentence | back 39 The sentence that contains the main idea in a paragraph. |