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an orderly method for gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge
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an educated guess; a reasonable explanation of an observation or experimental result that is not fully accepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment
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a test that is designed to include both an experimental group and a control group in which the scientist tests only one variable at a time
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conditions that can change or be changed in an experiment
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variables in an experiment that must be kept the same between the control group and the experimental group
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the group in an experiment that is kept under normal conditions and is used as the standard of comparison
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the condition that is purposely changed to test its effect
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the effect that is measured as a result of the change in the independent variable
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a close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomena (event in nature)
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a judgement or conclusion based on an observation
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a general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted
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a synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypotheses about aspects of the natural world
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is 1) a body of knowledge about the workings of nature and 2) the methods used to produce the body of knowledge
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tools, techniques, and procedures used to solve practical problems
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