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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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| the process of using one or more of your senses to gather info. |
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| an observation that deasls with a number or amount |
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| an observation that deals with number or amount |
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| the process of making an inferrence, 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 or evidence |
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| the process of grouping together items that are alike in some way |
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| the process of creating representations of complex objects or processes |
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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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| An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time |
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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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| 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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