Review: What is Science?

An experiment in which all factors except one are kept constant.

• Independent Variable

• Controlled Experiment

• Hypothesis

• Variable

A way of learning about the world around you.

• Inquiry

• Science

• Variable

• Inference

An interpretation based on obervations and prior knowledge.

• Inquiry

• Variable

• Independent Variable

• Inference

What scientists expect to happen every time under in a particular set of conditions.

• Observation

• Scientific Law

• Scientific Theory

• Variable

The way in which scientist study the world around them.

• Hypothesis

• Scientific Inquiry

• Dependent Variable

• Observation

Using one or more senses to gather information.

• Independent Variable

• Data

• Observation

• Controlled Experiment

A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.

• Inquiry

• Law

• Theory

• Hypothesis

A possible explanation or answer to a scientific question.

• Variable

• Hypothesis

• Inquiry

• Science

The changes that are observed in an experiment.

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Variable

• Inquiry

The one factor that a scientist can change during an experiment.

• Data

• Variable

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable