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| an ordinary method of gaining, organinizing, 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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| experiments are usually set up with |
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| condtions that can change or be changed |
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| all other variables are variables are kept the same between the testing groups |
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| kept under normal condtions, used as a comparison to see the effect of the changed variable |
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| the experimental group has a condition that is purposely changed to test its effect |
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| the effect of the experiment |
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| a close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomena |
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| conclusion based on observations |
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| rules about nature that have been verified by experiment over and over and are believed to be true |
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| a synthesis of a large body of info. that encompasses well-tested and verified hypothesis about aspects of the natural world |
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| method of answering theoretical questions |
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| putting that knowledge to use to better life |
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