Science Skills Vocabulary

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

Information obtained through the senses is known as (a)   .

A testable prediction, often implied by a theory, is called a (a)   .

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning is called an (a)   .

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

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

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

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

Information describing color, odor, shape, or some other physical characteristic is known as (a)   .

Numerical data is referred to as (a)   .