Flashcards on Natural Laws and Inquiry

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Deduce

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To figure something out from known facts using logical thinking.

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Scientific inquiry

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A reliable way to discover natural laws.

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Role of a detective in inquiry

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The detective asks questions, searches for evidence, and deduces what happened in the past from information collected in the present.

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Tests for a theory

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A theory must be supported by evidence, have no contradicting evidence, and be unique.

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Repeatable evidence

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Repeatable evidence can be seen independently by others if they repeat the same experiment or observation in the same way.

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Communicating scientific evidence

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Scientific evidence should be clear and precise to avoid misunderstanding, using exact definitions for concepts like "force" and "weight."

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Importance of scientific evidence

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Scientific evidence is crucial for accurately describing the real world and convincing others of scientific truths.

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Requirement for a scientific hypothesis

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Must be testable and provable with evidence.

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Importance of evidence in science

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Science relies on ideas that can be proved or disproved by actual evidence.

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Julie's hypothesis about the moon disappearing is not scientific because it lacks evidence related to the moon's orbit.

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