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  1. What is an observation? Give an example.
  2. Are all observations correct? What do scientists do to "weed out" incorrect observations? Does this method always work? Explain.
  3. What is the difference between an observation and a fact?
  4. The text claims that all scientific facts are not correct. How can this be? Give an example of something that was once regarded as a scientific fact that is now believed to be false.
  5. What is a conclusion? Give an example. Can a conclusion be false? Why?
  6. What is a hypothesis? What two features must a scientific hypothesis possess?
  7. What is the difference between a scientific fact and a scientific law?
  8. What is the difference between a scientific theory and a scientific hypothesis?
  9. What is the difference between a scientific theory and a scientific law?
  10. Why can't a scientific theory be proven correct?

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