methods of science

Question 1

the investigation and exploration of natural events and of new information that results from those investigastion

Answer 1

science

Question 2

the act of using one or more of your senses to gather information and take notes of what occors

Answer 2

observation

Question 3

a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience

Answer 3

inference

Question 4

a possible explanation for an obsveration that can be tested by scientific investigations

Answer 4

hypoththesis

Question 5

a statement that will happen next in a sequence or events

Answer 5

prediction

Question 6

the practical use of scienentifical knowlage expecially for industrial or commercial use

Answer 6

technology

Question 7

an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observation and investigation

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scientific theory

Question 8

a rule that describes a pattern in nature

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scientific law

Question 9

comparing what you already know with information you are given in order to deside weather you ageree with it.

Answer 9

critical thinking

Question 10

a spoken or written summary of observations

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discription

Question 11

an interpretation of observations

Answer 11

explanation

Question 12

the internationally accepted systems of measurments

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internatinonal system of units

Question 13

the number of digits in a measurments that are known with a sertain digree of reliability

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significant digits

Question 14

any factor that can have more than one value

Answer 14

variable

Question 15

the factor that is changed by the investigator to observe how to effect a dependent varible

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indpendent varible

Question 16

the factor a scientific observes or measures during an experiment

Answer 16

dependent variable