Vocabulary Flashcards
(15 cards)
Opinion
A personal view, attitude, or belief about ideas.
Prediction
A statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events.
Inference
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Analysis
A detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.
Engineering
Application of science and mathematics to develop useful structures and machines.
Fact
A statement that can be proved.
Conclusion
A summary based on evidence or facts.
Variables
Factors that can change in an experiment.
Hypothesis
An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or question.
Theory
A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data.
Classifying
The process of grouping together items that are alike.
Observation
Information obtained through the sense of sight, touch, smell, hearing, taste.
Scientific method
A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a scientific problem.
Apparatus
Equipment; a group of machines
Law
Something that has been proven to the point where we assume it can’t be disproven.
