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________ is the investigation and exploration of natural events

and of the new information that results from those investigations.

• Science

• Math

• Social Studies

Scientists use a set of

skills called __________ to find answers to their questions.

• scientific law

• scientific theory

• scientific inquiry

_______ is a scientific skill that involves using your senses to gather information and take note of what occurs.

• seeing

• hearing

• Observations

• smelling

After making an observation, a scientist might

form a(n) ___________ , which is a possible explanation about an observation that can be tested by ___________.

• Scientific investigation, hypothesis

• hypothesis, scientific investigations

• hypothesis, scientific method

_________ or a statement about what will happen next in a sequence of events. After a hypothesis is tested, a scientist must ___________ the results.

• analyze, conclude

• conclude, analyze

• analyze, prediction

• prediction, analyze

A scientist might then draw a(n) __________ based on the

results. Scientists write articles or speak at conferences to __________ their results to other scientists and to the public.

• conclusion, analyze

• conclusion, communicate

• communicate, conclusion

• conslusion, analyze