Question | Answer |
Facts,figures,and other evidence gathered through observations. | Data |
A way of learning about the natural world and the knowledge gained through the process. | Science |
The process of using one or more of your senses
to gather information. | Observing |
An observation that deals with characteristics
that can not be expressed in numbers. | Qualitative observation |
An observation that deals with a number or amount. | Quantitative observation |
An interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge. | Inferring |
The process of forecasting what will happen based on past experience or evidence. | Predicting |
The process of grouping things based on their similarities. | Classifying |
The study of living things. | Life science |
A factor in an experiment that can change. | Variable |
The process of sharing ideas with others by talking and writing. | Communication |
A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question ;must be testable. | Hypothesis |
An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time. | Controlled experiment |
The diverse way in which scientist study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence they gather. | Scientific Inquiry |
This is the response to the manipulated variable which this is the effect of what was put on the other item being tested. | Responding variable |
This is the cause such as one field has nothing and one has something like fertilizer and because of that it grows so high or so low. | Manipulated variable |
All but one of the experiments are the same, and that one would be the one that is not normal but a stray. | Controlled variable |