1-1 ph What is Science

The goal of science is to ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   the natural world, to ​ (c)   events in the natural world, and to use those explanations to make useful ​ (d)   .

• investigate
• understand
• explain
• predictions
• assumptions
• dramatize
• interpret
• translate
• photosynthesis
• reactions

Three features that make science different from other human endeavors are first, science deals with the ​ (a)   world. Second, Scientists collect and ​ (b)   information looking for ​ (c)   and connections. Third, they propose explainations that can be explained by ​ (d)  

      ​ ​

• natural
• organize
• patterns
• evidence
• aliens
• opinion
• supernatural
• scrutinize
• bones
• biological

.  _____________________ is an organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world.

Observations usually involve the ​ (a)   .

• senses
• scientists
• interpretation
• eyes
• microscope

Observations or data that involve numbers are called _______ data.

_____ data involve characteristics that cannot be easily measured or counted such as color or texture.