Vocabulary 1
A variable that doesn't change
What is a CONSTANT
Puts discoveries to use
What is TECHNOLOGY
Study of Earth and Space
idea of a comet is like a dirty snow-ball
What is a theory
System deals with religious questions
What is Belief
Standard to which results are compared
What is CONTROL
What is a Hypothesis
Deals with moral values
First step in the scientific methods
What is Identify a problem
Changes as testing instruments and procedures improve
What is scientific knowledge
A rule describing behavior of something
What is a SCIENTIFIC LAW
Changes in an experiment
A personal opinion
What is bias?
A object will remain at rest unless acted upon by a force
What is a LAW
Ethical and unbiased scientist keep a detailed note and allow other scientist to do what?
What is a SCIENTIFIC THEORY
What is a Constants
What is a dependent variable
Stays the same in an experiment
What is a constants
Was the first American to suggest that weather could be predicted
Benjamin Franklin
Makes discoveries
What is SCIENCE
Factor that changes
what is a Variable
Data and observations must be analyzed
Makes up data and changes experiment results or taking credits for another work
What is Scientific Fraud
Volunteer weather observers were telegraphing information to
Smithsonian Institution