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'''Evidence''' is the observations and measurements a [[scientist]] gets from anything which proves an [[investigation]]idea is true.

===About EvidenceMeaning===: There are different kinds of When a person makes a claim, others will ask for '''evidence''' but scientists don't trust all of them.: In science '''evidence''' must be [[repeatable]]that it is true. If someone told you make an observation or measurement oncethat broccoli ice cream tasted good, you should be able may want to do test it again and again and the yourself before you believe them.: There are many different kinds of [[resultsevidence]] shouldn't change.: In science '''evidence''' must be Some [[reproducibleevidence]]is strong and other evidence is weak. So if one person makes an : Strong [[Observe|observationevidence]] or would be showing that something is true with an experiment.: Weak [[Measure|measurementevidence]], every other scientist in the world should would be able to make the same [[Observe|observation]]. If they cannot; then scientists don't accept believing something because someone told you it as good evidencewas true.

==ExamplesKey Stage 3=====Meaning==='''Evidence''' is anything which proves an idea is true.: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Evidence''': Plural [[Noun]]: '''Evidence''' ===Meaning===: When a person makes a claim, others will ask for '''evidence''' that it is true.: There are many different kinds of [[evidence]]::*[[Scientific Evidence]] - The [[observation]]s, [[Reading|readings]] or [[Measure|measurements]] that a [[scientist]] will use to test whether a [[hypothesis]] is correct.:**[[Empirical Evidence]] - A type of [[Scientific Evidence]] that relies on an [[experiment]] which can be [[repeatable|repeated]] to get the same [[results]] and [[reproducible|reproduced]] by others to get the same [[results]].:**[[Observational Evidence]] - A type of [[Scientific Evidence]] that relies on [[observation]]s which an be [[repeatable|repeated]] to get the same [[results]] and [[reproducible|reproduced]] by others to get the same [[results]].:*Non-scientific Evidence - [[Evidence]] which can be [[repeatable|repeated]] or [[reproducible|reproduced]].:**[[Anecdotal Evidence]] - A type of non-scientific evidence that relies on someones personal experience which cannot be [[repeatable|repeated]] or [[reproducible|reproduced]] so no one can double check if it's true. ==Key Stage 4=====Meaning==='''Evidence''' is anything which proves an idea is true.: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Evidence''': Plural [[Noun]]: '''Evidence'''

{| class="wikitable"==Meaning===|-|: When a person makes a claim, others will ask for '''Claimevidence'''that it is true.: There are many different kinds of [[evidence]]:|''':*[[Scientific Evidence'''|]] -any [[observation]]s or [[results]] that are [[repeatable]], [[reproducible]] and [[valid]] to prove or disprove a [[hypothesis]].| style="height:50px; width:200px; text**[[Empirical Evidence]] -align:center;" A type of [[Scientific Evidence]] that relies on an [[experiment]] with tightly [[Control Variable|controlled variables]] which can be [[repeatable|repeated]] to get the same [[results]] and [[reproducible| Plants need water reproduced]] by others to liveget the same [[results]].| style="height:50px; width:200px; text**[[Observational Evidence]] -align:center;" A type of [[Scientific Evidence]] that relies on [[observation]]s without the ability to [[Control Variable|control variables]] but can be [[repeatable| Plants in dry soil wilt repeated]] to get the same [[results]] and then die[[reproducible|reproduced]] by others to get the same [[results]].|:*Non-scientific Evidence -[[Evidence]] which can be [[repeatable| style="height:50px; width:200px; text-align:center;" repeated]] or [[reproducible| Paper is flammablereproduced]].| style="height:50px; width:200px; text**[[Anecdotal Evidence]] - A type of non-align:center;" scientific evidence that relies on someones personal experience which cannot be [[repeatable|repeated]] or [[reproducible| When you place a flame under paper the paper catches firereproduced]] so no one can double check if it's true.|-| style="height:50px; width:200px; text**Intuition -align:center;" | Cats Ideas that seem true because they make sense are mammalsnot counted as '''scientific evidence'''. Just because something seems reasonable, interesting or makes sense does not mean it is true.| style="height:50px; width:200px; text**Tradition -align:center;" | They Ideas that have furbeen passed on through generations. Just because many people say something is true, they give birth to live babies, they feed their babies with milkdoesn't mean it is true. Such ideas were usually made thousands of years ago at a time when the wheelbarrow would have seemed like a state of the art invention and most people believed disease was caused by demons.|}

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The Earth is Round====OCR====:[https:Observation //www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945695/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945695&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc- 21&linkId=ceafcc80bcad6b6754ee97a0c7ceea53 ''Evidence, page 1, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The tip of a mast always appears before the rest of the ship on an oceanRevision Guide, CGP, OCR '']:[https://www.amazon.co.Measurements uk/gp/product/1782945679/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945679&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc- On the 23rd of June a stick at the equator has no shadow. In Alexandria the shadow is 3cm long21&linkId=a2db42f7b4bdf10cafaafa3bb9120940 ''Evidence, pages 2, 3, 5, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, in Paris it is 5cm long and in London the shadow is 8cm long.OCR '']