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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 fully sccepted as a factual unit tested over again by experiment. |
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| experiments are usually set up as a controlled experiment |
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| conditions that can change or be changed |
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| all other variables are kept the same between the testing groups |
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| used as a comparison to see the effect of the changed variables. |
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| the experimental group has conditions that are purposely changed to test its variables. |
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| a close agreement by competent observervations of the same phenomena. |
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| a conclusion based on premise. |
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| a genral hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested 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 hypothesises about aspects of the natural world. |
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| answers to questions build up the body of knowledge that is science. Science is a way of thinking and a body of knowledge. |
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| is a method of solving practical problems |
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