Science Skills Vocabulary

An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world is called .

Information obtained through the senses is known as

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A testable prediction, often implied by a theory, is called a

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A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning is called an

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A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations is known as a

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A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions is called a

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A measure of how close a series of measurements are to one another is called

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A description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured is called

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Information describing color, odor, shape, or some other physical characteristic is known as

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Numerical data is referred to as

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