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Observations and measurements, including data gathering from experiments.
What is empirical evidence?
The process of obtaining information by using the senses.
What is an observation?
A well-supported explanation of nature. Describes why or how something happens.
What is a theory?
Three types of graphs.
What are bar graphs, circle graphs, and line graphs?
The short way of representing large/small numbers.
What is scientific notation?
Belief or practice based on incorrectly applied scientific methods.
What is pseudoscience?
The factor in an experiment which is deliberately manipulated.
What is the independent variable?
Two reasons why scientific ideas change.
What are new evidence and collaboration/debate?
Collecting empirical evidence outdoors.
What is fieldwork?
What is a simulation?
The systematic study of natural events and conditions.
What is science?
Good _____ _________ are well-documented, have supporting evidence, and are repeated multiple times.
What are scientific investigations?
What is a law?
Description that includes a number and a unit.
What is a measurement?
The description of how close a measurement is to the value of the quantity measured.
What is accuracy?
A testable idea that leads to scientific investigation.
What is a hypothesis?
The information gathered by observation or experimentation.
What is data?
Gathering empirical evidence in controlled conditions.
What is laboratory work?
What is precision?
Represents physical structure of an object or system.
What is a physical model?
An organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions.
What is an experiment?
What is the dependent variable?
A representation of an object that allows scientists to study something in greater detail.
What is a model?
Representation of how parts of a system are related or organized.
What is a conceptual model?
Uses different forms of data to represent the system of process.
What is a mathematical model?