Question | Answer |
Science | a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws |
Observation | an act or instance of regarding attentively or watching. |
Inference | the process of arriving at some conclusion that, though it is not logically derivable from the assumed premises, possesses some degree of probability relative to the premises. |
Hypothesis | a mere assumption or guess |
Prediction | an instance of this; prophecy. |
Technology | the sum of the ways in which social groups provide themselves with the material objects of their civilization |
Scientific theory | In theoretical physics, M-theory is a new limit of string theory in which 11 dimensions of space time may be identified |
Scientific law | a phenomenon of nature that has been proven to invariably occur whenever certain conditions exist or are met; also, a formal statement about such a phenomenon; also called natural law |
Critical thinking | the mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion |
Description | a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation |
Explanation | something that explains; a statement made to clarify something and make it understandable; exposition |
SI | the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B. |
Accuracy | the condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact; freedom from error or defect; precision or exactness; correctness. |
Precision | the state or quality of being precise |
Variable | apt or liable to vary or change; changeable |
Dependent variable | a variable in a functional relation whose value is determined by the values assumed by other variables in the relation, as y in the relation |
Independent variable | a variable in a functional relation whose value determines the value or values of other variables, as x in the relation y = 3 x 2 . Compare dependent variable |
Constants | not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable |