Science Review 1 IS75

Using observations and inferences to learn about the natural world

• Technology

• Science

• Biology

• Geology

Using our 5 senses to gain informatuion about the natural world

• Science

• Inference

• Study

• Observation

A guess or assumption based on prior experience and quick observations

• Inference

• Observation

• Conclusion

• Experimentation

Testing a hypothesis using the scientific method and materials with a clear control and variable

• Demostration

• Interpretation

• Experiment/Procedure

• Conglomeration

What inference can you make about a person who is you observe sneezing, with red puffy eyes and hives on their skin?

• emotional

• Scared

• Allergic

• Intolerant

The variable that we are testing and changing in an experiment

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Control

• Constant

The variable that we are measuring at the end of the experiment; it is affected by the independent variable

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Control

• Constant

This group does not receive the variable, and is used as a comparison

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control

• Constant

These are factors in an experiment that must remain the same

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control

• Constant

This is an educated guess or prediction that can be tested

• Problem

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Fact