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 \n8  \n10  \nNow You Don't See It,Now You Do!Acid,Base,or Neutral?Shiny PenniesIt Bounces!  \n18  \n20  \n22  \n24  \nIs It a Liquid or a Solid?Feel the Heat!  \n26  \n28  \nEveryday Chemical ReactionsGlossaryIndex32  \n30  \n31  \n# Scientific Inquiry\n\nIn science,we’re constantly applying methods of discovery to help usfind solutions to problems and answers to questions.These methods help usinvestigate,observe,understand,and construct reasonable explanations forthe world around us.  \nScientific inquiry is a process that uses a variety of skills—such asquestioning,predicting,observing,sequencing,measuring,controlling,conducting,collecting,interpreting,evaluating,and reporting—to obtainresults that will help us understand a situation or event.  \nScientific inquiry begins by asking a question about something we’recurious about,predicting possible explanations or outcomes,testing thepredictions,and comparing the actual results with what was predicted.  \nAn experiment is acontrolled scientific inquiryperformed through a series ofordered steps.The process thatis the basis for scientific inquiryis called the scientific method.Although some sources maygive slightly different steps inthe scientific method,the basicplan is always the same.Thescientific method is a logical,accepted procedure of scientific  \ninquiry that can be reproduced.It's built on questions,hypotheses,experimentation,observations,evaluation,and reporting.This book hassome awesome chemical reaction experiments that follow the scientificmethod outlined in the chart below.Have fun trying them.Then compareyour results with friends.  \n## Experiments\n\nScientists ask themselves many questions before beginning an  \nexperiment.What do they wan","cbCaikWeFlY4cWGX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikWeFlY4cWGX","pdf",2550872,36,"English","# Scientific Inquiry\n## Experiments","[{\"question\":\"What is scientific inquiry, and what skills does it use?\",\"answer\":\"Scientific inquiry is a process using skills such as questioning, predicting, observing, measuring, controlling, conducting, collecting, interpreting, evaluating, and reporting to obtain results that help understand situations or events.\"},{\"question\":\"How does an experiment fit into the scientific method?\",\"answer\":\"An experiment is a controlled scientific inquiry carried out through a series of ordered steps. 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