Scientific Method
An educated guess
What is a hypothesis?
Laws only preidct what will happen
Why don't laws change quickly?
variables are factors
What are variables
What is another name for the manipulated variable?
to make sure that scientific knowledge is firm and strongly supported scientists meet together
Why do scientists meet together?
Identify the question
What is the first step in the Scientific Method?
Theories change based on evidence
Why do theories change?
A generalization of all data collected within an experiment whether via measurements or another source.
What is Empirical evidence?
To limit the number of independent variables
liWhy do scientists do lab work
an organized and neat way to order data for scientists
Why are graphs and tables used?
an experiment
What is an organized way to study something?
The most agreed and logical explanation
How are theories accepted
a manipulated variable
What is an independent variable
observing something under controlled conditions
What is lab work?
Government, scientific explanations, academic webpages
Where is the most accurate information likely to be?
Data
What is information gathered from the experiment called?
A rule that predicts something's outcome
What is a Law?
reacts to changes in an experiment
What is a dependent variable
observing things in their natural habitat
What is field work?
like science, but based on faulty and unreliable evidence
What is pseudo-science?
Interpret and Analyze it
What do scientists do with data?
A logical explanation for why something takes place
What is a theory?
stay constant throughout the experiment
What is a constant variable?
Where a scientist can control as many of the variables as possible
What is a controlled environment?
commercial websites and websites with contradiction explanations
Where is the most unreliable information likely to be?