Week 3: Vocab

Question 1

Controlled Experiment

Answer 1

A test or manipulation in which a scientist keeps all variables the same except for the one under investigation

Question 2

Empirical Evidence

Answer 2

Information that one gets from direct observation, experience, or results of experiments/tests of hypotheses

Question 3

Hypothesis

Answer 3

Possible cause or mechanism that could explain observations and facts

Smaller and more specific events

Question 4

Materialism

Answer 4

The idea that effects in the natural world all have natural, rather than supernatural causes

Question 5

Prediction

Answer 5

Educated speculation about what an outcome will be

Question 6

Pseudoscience

Answer 6

Fake science

Question 7

Quackery

Answer 7

Promoting the use and/or purchase of remedies even when there is no scientific evidence or plausible rationale for their effects

Question 8

Theory

Answer 8

An idea supported by evidence that provides a bigger picture than a hypothesis of how some aspect of nature works

May bring together supporting evidence from other fields
Explain a wider variety of events

Question 9

Observation

Answer 9

What you can see, hear, smell, taste physically

Question 10

Generality

Answer 10

How a scientific investigation can be applied widely to situations other than the specific ones the scientist tested