What is science? WK1

Knowledge about the natural world that is based on facts learned through experiments and observation.

• science

• experiment

• scientific theory

• inferring

A scientific process to make a discovery, prove an idea, or demonstrate a scientific fact.

• science

• experiment

• scientific theory

• inferring

An explanation of why things work or how things happen. 

• science

• experiment

• scientific theory

• inferring

Your senses are used for the result. (Sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing).

• qualitative observation

• quantitative observation

• predicting

• inferring

Instruments such as rulers, balances, graduated cylinders, beakers, and thermometers are used. These results are measurable.

• qualitative observation

• quantitative observation

• predicting

• inferring

To make a guess based on facts and observations.

• qualitative observation

• quantitative observation

• predicting

• inferring

A guess about what might happen in the future, based on observations that you make.

• qualitative observation

• quantitative observation

• predicting

• inferring

Categorizing something into a certain group or system based on certain characteristics.

• classifying

• predicting

• inferring

• science