Nature of Science Vocab Review

a carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world that has been constructed using the scientific method, and which brings together many facts and hypotheses

• Scientific theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Independent variable

the description of an observed phenomenon

• Scientific theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Independent variable

an idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world

• Scientific theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

• Independent variable

the variable you manipulate, control, or vary in an experimental study to explore its effects

• Dependent variable

• Hypothesis

• Independent variable

• Controlled variable

the variable that is being measured or tested in an experimen

• Dependent variable

• Hypothesis

• Independent variable

• Controlled variable

anything that is held constant or limited in a research study

• Independent variable

• Hypothesis

• Dependent variable

• Controlled variable

The test of a hypothesis that includes variables and data collection

• Scientific Investigation

• Scientific testing

• Scientific experiment

• Scientific guessing

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory

• data

• empirical

• theoretical

• probable

a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

• data

• empirical

• theoretical

• labels

the act of taking a patient look

• data

• evidence

• observation

• inference