This is the use of prior knowledge and experience to generate conclusions.

When you state the possible results of an event or experiment, you are doing THIS.

This is the variable that responds to or reacts to the part of the experiment that you changed. Your DATA is an example of this!

This is an educated guess. It should be an "if . . . then" statement that can be answered in an experiment.

This is a clear description using one or more of your 5 senses to identify an object or event.

This is the result of testing and studying data to prove a guess or prediction.

This is a fair test in which only one variable is compared.

This is an observation that is concerned with the quality of something. You observe using your senses. For example: "The bear is black."

This is an observation concerned with the quantity of something. You observe using instruments of measurement that produce numerical data. For example: The bear weighs 300 pounds.