Science
A well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results
Scientific Theory
Based on reasoning from what you know
Inferring
stems from the culture in which a person grows up
Cultural Bias
Deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers
Qualitative Observations
A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions
Scientific Law
Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations
Data
the rules that enable people to no right from wrong
Ethics
deals with things that can me measured, or amounts
Quantitative observation
Assumptions people make about things based on the culture in which a person grows up
Cultural Bias
A way to explain things by starting with a general idea and then applying the idea to a specific observation
Deductive reasoning
grouping together of items that are alike in some way
Classifying
A way of learning about the natural world
Science
Comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them
Evaluating
Grouping together of items that are alike in some way
Classifying
using one or more of your senses to gather information
observing
Creating representations of complex objects or processes
Making models
a way to explain things by starting with a general idea and then applyig the idea to aspecific observation
deductive reasoning
Making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence
Predict
Using one or more of your senses to gather information
Observe
based on reasoning from what you know
Inferring
comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them
evaluating
creating representations of complex objects or processes
making models
making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past evidence or experience
predicting
a way of learning about the natural world
science
a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions
scientific law