1.1 worksheets

a statement that describes what always happens under certain conditions in nature

• scientific law

• scientific theory

a possible answer to a scientific question

• hypothesis

• experiment

any type of data that may either agree or disagree with a prediction

• experiment

• evidence

a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers

• experiment

• scientific investigation

a representation of part of the real world

• prediction

• model

a broad explanation for events that is widely accepted as true

• scientific theory

• scientific law

detected either through human senses or with instruments and measuring devices that extend human senses

• prediction

• observation

a special type of scientific investigation that is performed under controlled conditions

• model

• experiment

developed the laws of motion

• Einstein

• Newton

a statement that tells what will happen under certain conditions

• hypothesis

• prediction