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science vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| science | a way of learning more about the natural world |
| scientific theory | an attempt to explain a pattern observed repeatedly in the natural world |
| scientific law | a rule that describes a pattern in nature |
| technology | practical use of science or applied science |
| system | collection of structures cycles and processes that relate to an interact with each other |
| life science | the study of living systems and the ways in which they interact |
| earth science | the study of earth systems and the systems in space |
| physical science | the study of matter and energy |
| hypothesis | a reasonable and educated possible answer based on what you know and what you observe |
| infer | to draw conclusions based on what you observe |
| controlled experiment | changing one factor and observing its effect on another while keeping all other constant |
| variable | factors that can be changed in an experiment |
| constant | factors that are not changed in an experiment |
| dependant variables | is the factor measured or observed during an experiment |
| independent variables | is the factor that you want to test |
| model | any representation of an object or an event used as a tool to help you understand the natural world |
| physical model | model that you can see and touch |
| idea | describe how someone thinks about something in the natural world |
| description | is a spoken or written summery of observations |
| international system of units | internationally accepted system for measurement |
| accuracy | description of how close a measurement is to an accepted or true value |
| precision | description of how similar or close measurements are to each other |
| critical thinking | combining what you know with the new facts that you are given to decide if you should agree with something or not |
| explanation | is the interpretation of observations |