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SCIENCE.....
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Life science | the study of living things |
| observing | using one or more of your senes to gather information |
| quantitative observations | observations with numbers |
| qualitative observations | observations that dont deal with numbers |
| inferring | interpret and observation |
| classifying | organizing |
| making models | creating a representation of complex processes |
| Life science | biology |
| Hypothesis | Is a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer a scientific question |
| Scientific inquiry | refers to the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural word and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather |
| variable | part of an experiment that can change |
| Controlled experiment | only one variable in the experiment |
| manipulated variable | the only variable that is changed to test hypothesis |
| responding variable | reaction or the observation from experiment |
| operation definition | how to measure a variable or a term |
| data | facts figures and other evidence |
| communicating | is the sharing of ideas and experimental findings |
| Technology | how people change the world to meet there needs |
| engineer | a person who is trained to us both technology and scientific knowledge |