Science Procedures Vocabulary

What is the use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena called?

• Hypothesis

• Empirical Evidence

• Science

• Control

What does the Latin word "scientia" mean?

• Experiment

• Knowledge

• Observation

• Growth

A set of well-established and highly reliable explanations based on natural and physical phenomena is called:

• Scientific Theory

• Hypothesis

• Physical Phenomenon

• Intervention

What is information gained through observation, experience, or experiments referred to as?

• Pathogen

• Empirical Evidence

• Intervention

• Natural Phenomenon

What is an experimental sample that lacks the factor in question called?

• Hypothesis

• Control

• Incubation

• Treatment

A treatment or procedure that modifies a given outcome is called:

• Hypothesis

• Intervention

• Control

• PCR

What is the process of keeping an organism, cell, or culture in conditions favorable for growth called?

• Incubation

• Pathogen

• Intervention

• PCR

What is an agent that causes disease or illness in its host called?

• Empirical Evidence

• Hypothesis

• Pathogen

• Natural Phenomenon

What is the technique used in molecular genetics to analyze short sequences of DNA or RNA?

• Natural Phenomenon

• Incubation

• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

• Scientific Theory

What is a non-artificial event in the physical sense, not produced by humans but possibly affecting them?

• Physical Phenomenon

• Natural Phenomenon

• Hypothesis

• Science