Nature of Science

When you question, observe, explore, and explain the natural world, you are acting like a?

Does all science happen in a lab?

Science is a way of knowing about the natural world.

A piece of _________ is an observation that supports an idea or conclusion.

When you infer, you use what you know and what you observe to draw a conclusion. What is this called?

You investigate when you carry out a plan to answer a question. This is called?

When you ________, you use your senses to gather information about an object or event.

In an __________, you change only one variable, measure or observe another variable, and control other variables so they stay the same.

A ________ is a factor that can change or be controlled in an experiment, investigation, or model.

In science, models are used to explain or predict phenomena. A ______ can show how a process works in real life.