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how science works
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| science | is the process of trying to understand the world |
| technology | is the use of knowledge gained through science to make new products or tools people can use |
| scientific methods | step by step procedures of scientific problem solving |
| observations | can be bits of information you gather with your senses |
| inference | is a conclusion about an observation |
| hypothesis | is a statement that can be tested |
| independent variable | the one factor that you change in an experiment |
| dependent variable | is the factor ,or outcome, that will be measured in an experiment |
| constants | are factors in an experiment that stay the same |
| control | is a standard used for comparison |