Scientific Method Vocab

correct, without error

• control
• variable
• accurate
• inference

to group by color, pattern, shape, size

• data
• knowledge
• experiment
• classify

end result; right or wrong

• conclusion
• opinion
• Scientific method
• control

examine data and summarize it

• communication
• analysis
• investigation
• science

share the results

• communication
• hypothesis
• microscopic
• opinion

The setup to which all other setups are compared (nothing is changed)

• variable
• classify
• experiment
• control

numbers, values, and observations

• inference
• order
• analysis
• data

information collected during a scientific investigation

• hypothesis
• evidence
• control
• knowledge

an investigation used to test a hypothesis in which all the conditions are controlled

• experiment
• control
• investigation
• Scientific method

"I think" statement or an educated guess

• knowledge
• inference
• hypothesis
• opinion