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| the use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena as well as the knowledge generated through this process |
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| The variable that changes because of or depends on another variable. |
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| A factor of the laboratory experiment that stays the same. For example, if temperature stayed the same with all of the test subjects. |
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| encourage interest or activity |
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| to explain what is observed from data |
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| An "if" "then" statement that predicts the outcome of an experiment. |
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| A well-supported, well-substantiated explanation of the natural world. It is the best explanation we have so far, and it has been tested over and over again. |
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| The experimental group in an experiment that is "normal". It is the group that everything else is compared to. |
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| The variable in an experiment that is unaffected by any other variable in the experiment. It is the variable that the scientist controls. |
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| Something that occurs in nature. |
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| Suffix meaning the "study of". |
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| allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of without interference |
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| to explain relationships or trends in data or information |
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| able to scientifically answer the question based on data collected and multiple trials |
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| projectin from something, important |
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| the act of making an educated guess as to the outcome of a situation |
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