The Nature of Science

_________ is the process used to investigate the world around you

• Drawing conclusions

• Memorizing

• Cataloging

• Science

A collection of structures that relate to one another is a

• sequence

• system

• model

• hypothesis

A hypothesis is a reasonable and educated

• test

• scientist

• guess

• experiment

A ______ is a prediction about a problem that can be tested to find out if it is true

• theory

• control

• comparison

• hypothesis

To test a hypothesis, a scientist could conduct an

• observation

• experiment

• environment

• inference

Scientists can organize their observations using

• charts

• graphs

• tables

• all of these

_________ is the application of knowledge learned through science

• Testing

• Experimenting

• Observing

• Technology

Scientists use technology to ___

• draw conclusions

• recognize problems

• solve specific problems

• create new theories

_____________ models are concepts that describe how someone thinks about something in the natural world

• Idea

• Computer

• Physical

• none of these

The results of an experiment must be ________________

• reproducible

• unreproducible

• kept secret

• accepted right away