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Scientific Method Vocabulary List
Science: The knowledge of everything around you. It is also a way of studying the world and universe.
Scientific Method: The step-by-step process in which science seeks answers to questions. Hypothesis: A hypothesis is a testable statement seeking to explain something about the natural world. Formally stated as an If…then statement.
Observation: Information gathered using your senses.
Properties: The appearance, color, shape, odor, size, weight, texture, hardness and sound of a substance.
Experiment: A series of carefully planned steps that tests a hypothesis.
Variable: The condition being tested or changed in an experiment.
Control: The part of an experiment held constant, compared against the variable.
Conclusion: A judgment about your hypothesis following an experiment.
Prediction: Stating what you think might happen in the future.
Fact: An observation that has been confirmed over and over. Not often used in science – they change too often!
Technology: The application of science to solve problems and make new inventions.
Earth Science: The study of the earth and its rocks, oceans, volcanoes, atmosphere and other features.
Physical Science: The study of matter and energy. Chemistry explores matter and the changes it undergoes. Physics studies forms of energy such as light and heat.
Refine: To improve upon.
Theory: An explanation of some feature of the natural world that can include facts, laws, and tested hypotheses. A theory makes predictions about future observations.
Law: Descriptions of how the physical world behaves under certain circumstances.
Theories do NOT become Laws, and Laws did NOT start as Theories!
Definitions of theory, law, fact, and hypothesis adapted from the National Academy of Sciences
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Science: The knowledge of everything around you. It is also a way of studying the world and universe.
Scientific Method: The step-by-step process in which science seeks answers to questions. Hypothesis: A hypothesis is a testable statement seeking to explain something about the natural world. Formally stated as an If…then statement.
Observation: Information gathered using your senses.
Properties: The appearance, color, shape, odor, size, weight, texture, hardness and sound of a substance.
Experiment: A series of carefully planned steps that tests a hypothesis.
Variable: The condition being tested or changed in an experiment.
Control: The part of an experiment held constant, compared against the variable.
Conclusion: A judgment about your hypothesis following an experiment.
Prediction: Stating what you think might happen in the future.
Fact: An observation that has been confirmed over and over. Not often used in science – they change too often!
Technology: The application of science to solve problems and make new inventions.
Earth Science: The study of the earth and its rocks, oceans, volcanoes, atmosphere and other features.
Physical Science: The study of matter and energy. Chemistry explores matter and the changes it undergoes. Physics studies forms of energy such as light and heat.
Refine: To improve upon.
Theory: An explanation of some feature of the natural world that can include facts, laws, and tested hypotheses. A theory makes predictions about future observations.
Law: Descriptions of how the physical world behaves under certain circumstances.
Theories do NOT become Laws, and Laws did NOT start as Theories!
Definitions of theory, law, fact, and hypothesis adapted from the National Academy of Sciences
Vocabulary related to society
This is a list of vocabulary items related to society
Society
A society is a population of humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that