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s and t chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| science | a way of learning about the natural world through observation and logical reasoning leads to body of knowledge |
| observing | the process of using one or more of your sense to gather information |
| qualitative observation | an observation that deals with characteristics that cannot be expressed in number |
| quantitative observation | an observation that deals with a number or amount |
| inferring | the process of making an inference an interpretation based on observation and prior knowledge |
| predicting | the process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence |
| classifying | the process of grouping together items that are alike in some way |
| evaluating | comparing observation and data to reach a conclusion about them |
| making models | the process of creating representation of complex objects or processes |
| skepticism | an attitude of doubt |
| ethics | the rule that enable people to know right from wrong |
| personal bias | an outlook influenced by a person likes and dislikes |
| cultural bias | an outlook influenced by the belief soical form and trait of a group |
| experimental bias | a mistake in the design of an experiment that makes a particular result more likely |
| objective | describes the act of decision-making or drawing conclusions based on available evidence |
| subjective | describes the influence of personal feelings on a decision or conclusion |
| deductive reasoning | a way to explain things by starting with a general idea and then applying the idea to a specific observation |
| inductive reasoning | using specific observation to make generalizations |
| data | facts figures and other evidence gathered through observation |
| scientific law | a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of condition |
| variable | a factor that can change in an experiment |
| scientific theory | a well tested explanation for a wide range of observation or experimental results |
| controlled experiment | an experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time |
| hypothesis | a possible explanation for a set of observation or answer to a scientific question must be testable |
| scientific inquiry | the ongoing process of discovery in science the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose expla |
| responding variable | the factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment; also called dependent variable |
| manipulated variable | the one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; also called independent variable |
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