Fields of Study
The field of study where a scientist would observe organisms or conduct experiments on living things
What is Biology?
Information gathered through observation and experimentation
What is empirical evidence?
Watching and recording natural phenomena
What is observation?
After conducting an experiment you would organize this into tables, charts or graphs
What is data?
The factor you change in an experiment
What is the independent variable?
The field of study where scientists study fossils and analyze rock formations
What is Geology?
What happens to current scientific knowledge when new evidence is discovered
What is change?
Collecting data by asking questions
What is survey?
using reliable sources (textbooks, scientific journals) the gather background knowledge
What is research?
Factors kept the same throughout the experiment
What are controlled variables?
Field of study that involves measuring forces and conducting controlled experiments
What is Physics?
A form of discussion scientists engage in when they have differnt interpretations of evidence
What is debate?
Creating representations of systems or processes
What is modeling?
when a scientist copies the procedures of another scientist to compare results
What is replication?
The variable you measure ( the result)
What is the dependent variable?
Field of study involving chemical compounds and reactions
What is Chemistry?
A process where a scientist's peers go over a scientist's findings before they are published
What is peer review?
Involve changing variables and measuring outcomes
What are experiments?
When you repeat your experiment over and over
What is repetition?
The group that does not recieve the test variable
What is the control group?