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| An orderly method for gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge. |
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A close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomena. |
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| An educated guess; a reaonable explanation of an observation or experimental result that is not full accepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment. |
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| A general hypothesis statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted. Also known as a principle. |
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| A general hypothesis or statement about the realtionship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted; also known as a law. |
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| A synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypoyheses about aspects of the natural world. |
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