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the act of using one or more of your senses to gather information and take note of what occurs.
OBSERVATION
the factor that is changed by the investigator to observe how it affects a dependent variable
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
the part of an experiment that contains the same factors as the experimental group, but the independent variable is not changed.
CONTROL GROUP
a rule that describes a pattern in nature.
SCIENTIFIC LAW
a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience.
INFERENCE
the factor measured or observed during an experiment
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
a representation of a phenomenon, a system, a process, or a solution to an engineering problem that helps people visualize or understand the concept.
MODEL
a description of how close a measurement is to an accepted value
ACCURACY
a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations.
HYPOTHESIS
the factors in an experiment that remain the same
CONSTANTS
an explanation of observations or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.
SCIENTIFIC THEORY
is the confidence that can be placed in the truth of scientific findings.
CREDIBILITY