Nature of Science

The investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results     from those investigations is known as:

• Science
• Scientific law
• Scientific theory 

comparing what you know with what you learned to make a good decision

• critical thinking

• obsevation

• prediction

• hypothesis

Using one or more of your senses to gather information.

• Inference 
• Observation 
• Classifying 

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She is holding an umbrella

• observation
• inference

It is raining outside

• observation
• inference

A statement of what you think will happen next is called 

• an inference 
• a prediction 
• an observation 

Scientific _______________________ is a process that uses a set of skills to answer questions or test ideas about the natural world.

• process
• Inquiry 
• law
• theory 

What describes an observed pattern in nature 

• Scientific Law
• Scientific Theory 

an explanation of an observation or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations

• Scientific law

• Scientific Theory

Why do scientists need to communicate? 

• They can share their ideas 
• They can compare their results 
• They can test out each others results 
• All of the above