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| a way of learning about the natural world through obsevations and logical reasoning, leads to the body of knowledge. |
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| the process of using one or more of your senses to gather information. |
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| the process of making an inference, an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge. |
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| the process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence. |
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| The ongoing process of discovery in science; the diverse ways in which scientist study the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence they gather. |
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| a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question; must be testable. |
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| an experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time. |
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| A factor that can change in an experiment. |
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| the one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment;also called independent variable. |
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| the factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment; also called dependent variable. |
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| facts,figures,other evidence gathered through observations. |
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| a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations. |
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| a statement that decribes what scientist expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions. |
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| the science that fouses on planet Earth and its place in the universe. |
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| a group of related parts that work together. |
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| the ability to do work or cause change. |
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| a force that builds up mountains and landmasses on Earth's surface. |
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| a force that slowly wears away mountains and other features on the surface of Earth. |
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| a scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet Earth. |
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| a scientist who studies Earth's oceans. |
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| a scientist who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict it. |
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| a scientist who studies the universe beyond Earth. |
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| a scientist who studies the effects of human activities on Earth's land,air,water,and living things and also tries to solve problems relating to the use of resources. |
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