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| The process of using one or more of your senses to gather information. |
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| The process of making an inference, an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge. |
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| The process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience. |
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| The process of grouping together items that are alike in some way. |
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| A way of learning about the natural world through observations and logical reasoning; leads to a body of knowledge. |
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| An observation that deals with characteristics that cannot be expressed in numbers. |
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| Quantitative observations |
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| An observation that deals with a number or amount. |
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| The ongoing process of discovery in science; the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence they gather. |
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| A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question; must be testable. |
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| A factor that can change in an experiment. |
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| The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; also called independent variable. |
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| The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment also called dependent variable. |
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| An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time. |
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| A statement that describes how to measure a particular variable or how to define a particular term. |
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| Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations. |
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| The process of sharing ideas with others through writing and speaking. |
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| A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results. |
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| A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions. |
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| A system of measurement based on the number 10. |
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| A measure of the amount of matter an object contains. |
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| A measure of the force of gravity acting on an object. |
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| The amount of space an object takes up. |
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| The curved upper surface of a liquid in a column of liquid. |
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| A measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume. |
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