an organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.

The Scientific Method

used to document scientific events and involves observing and asking questions, making inferences and forming hypotheses, conducting controlled experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and drawing conclusions.

the act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way.

to narrow the focus of the inquiry, to identify the problem in specific terms and must be clear, concise, and easily testable.

a logical interpretation based on what scientists already know.

a scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it.

factors that can change throughout an experiment like temperature, light, time, and availability of nutrients.

Controlled Experiment

a situation in which one variable is changed and the others are kept unchanged.

a variable that is deliberately changed in an experiment.

a variable or variables that are observed and that change in response to the manipulated variable.

exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable/ allows scientists to compare the test results against a baseline measurement to get a better understanding of what the true results from the experiment were.

the group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested.

detailed records of experimental observations.

numbers obtained by counting or measuring

descriptive and involve characteristics that cannot usually be counted.

Scientific Literature Article

the name for the type of document that scientists compile all of their data into.

the process by which scientific papers are reviewed by anonymous, independent experts.

the information upon which inferences are based and consists of a collected body of data from observations and experiments.

a well-tested explanation that makes sense of a great variety of scientific observations and hypotheses and enables scientists to make accurate predictions about new situations.

a statement that describes an observable occurence in nature that appears to always be true.

a paricular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.

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Vocabulary

Term	Defintion
Science	an organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world.
The Scientific Method	used to document scientific events and involves observing and asking questions, making inferences and forming hypotheses, conducting controlled experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and drawing conclusions.
Observations	the act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way.
Question	to narrow the focus of the inquiry, to identify the problem in specific terms and must be clear, concise, and easily testable.
Inference	a logical interpretation based on what scientists already know.
Hypothesis	a scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it.
Variables	factors that can change throughout an experiment like temperature, light, time, and availability of nutrients.
Controlled Experiment	a situation in which one variable is changed and the others are kept unchanged.
Independent Variable	a variable that is deliberately changed in an experiment.
Dependent Variable	a variable or variables that are observed and that change in response to the manipulated variable.
Control Group	exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable/ allows scientists to compare the test results against a baseline measurement to get a better understanding of what the true results from the experiment were.
Experimental Group	the group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested.
Data	detailed records of experimental observations.
Quantitative Data	numbers obtained by counting or measuring
Qualitative Data	descriptive and involve characteristics that cannot usually be counted.
Scientific Literature Article	the name for the type of document that scientists compile all of their data into.
Peer Review	the process by which scientific papers are reviewed by anonymous, independent experts.
Evidence	the information upon which inferences are based and consists of a collected body of data from observations and experiments.
Scientific Theory	a well-tested explanation that makes sense of a great variety of scientific observations and hypotheses and enables scientists to make accurate predictions about new situations.
Scientific Law	a statement that describes an observable occurence in nature that appears to always be true.
Bias	a paricular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.

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