vocab section 1.1

Question 1

the process of gathering information about events or process in a careful, orderly way

Answer 1

observation

Question 2

information gathered from observation

Answer 2

data

Question 3

o logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience

Answer 3

inference

Question 4

a proposed scientific explanation for a set of observations

Answer 4

hypothesis

Question 5

an organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world

Answer 5

science

Question 6

a hypothesis should be tested by an experience in which only one variable should be changed at a time. all other variables should be kept unchanged or controlled

Answer 6

controlled experiment

Question 7

variable that is changed on purpose

Answer 7

manipulated variable

Question 8

variable that changes because of the manipulated variable

Answer 8

responding variable

Question 9

well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations

Answer 9

theory

Question 10

what are the goals of science

Answer 10

to investigate and understand and explain events in the natural world, and to use those explanations to make useful predictions

Question 11

what are the two types of observations

Answer 11

quantitive- deals with numbers

qualitative- characteristics: size and shape