GG: What is Science?

The process of learning about the natural world through observation and experimentation.

• science

• scientific pratices

• controlled experiment

• evidence

Scientists use these to do science. There are 8 of them. Not all are used in every experiment and they don't have to be used in the same order.

• controlled experiments

• claim

• science

• scientific practices

Facts or information indicating whether a scientific claim is supported.

• science

• claim

• scientific practices

• evidence

The application of science and mathematics in which engineers design, build, and create solutions to problems.

• biology

• engineering

• controlled experiment

• chemistry

The study of the movements and positions of stars which some people believe has an influence on human affairs. It isn't science.

• science

• astrology

• astronomy

• paleontology

An answer to a scientific question.

• controlled experiment

• evidence

• scientific practices

• claim

The study of matter, its' properties, and how it can react and change.

• chemistry

• biology

• paleontology

• science

The study of living things.

• science

• astronomy

• biology

• chemistry

A scientific test where the people conducting it only change one variable at a time in order to isolate the results.

• scientific practices

• claim

• evidence

• controlled experiment

A scientist that studies fossils.

• astronomy

• astrology

• paleontologist

• chemistry