What is science? WK2

A type of guess or prediction to explain what is happening in the universe around us. It can be tested through an experiment. Mark only one oval.

• hypothesis

• making models

• analyzing

• independent variable

• scientific investigation (scientific method)

An organized procedure that involves using measurable observations to plan, test, or modify a hypothesis.

• scientific investigation (scientific method)

• making models

• analyzing

• hypothesis

• independent variable

A careful study of an object (or something) in order to better understand it (this is different from observing because you are looking for patterns, causes, or relationships).  It is about asking why things happen in certain ways.

• hypothesis

• making models

• scientific investigation (scientific method)

• analyzing

• independent variable

The factor in an experiment that the experimenter changes. "The change".

• independent variable

• hypothesis

• scientific investigation (scientific method)

• making models

• analyzing

Information that is shown with numbers or visually.

• data

• hypothesis

• scientific investigation (scientific method)

• making models

• analyzing

Constructing something that lets you talk about and describe something that you cannot directly see, touch, or use your other senses on.

• hypothesis

• making models

• independent variable

• analyzing

• scientific investigation (scientific method)

The measurable or observable results of the change that is made in an experiment. “The result”.

• data

• hypothesis

• making models

• analyzing

• scientific investigation (scientific method)

The group in an experiment that isn’t changed in some way. It is compared to the experimental group.

• hypothesis

• control group

• scientific investigation (scientific method)

• making models

• analyzing