Reading: The Scientific Method
Science: A way of gaining knowledge about the natural world by asking questions and using evidence and logic to find the answers.
Observation: Something we detect with out senses
Scientific Investigation: A plan for answering a scientific question and testing possible answers.
Hypothesis: A possible answer to a scientific question that can be tested (to be either true or false).
Evidence: Data that supports/disproves a statement.
Experiment: A special type of scientific investigation performed under controlled conditions.
Dependent Variable: Variable in a scientific experiment that is being affected by another variable (the independent variable).
Independent Variable: Variable in a scientific experiment that is manipulated to investigate its affect on another variable (the dependent variable).
Model: Representation of part of the real world.
Scientific Theory: A broad explanation of why something happens in nature that is widely accepted as true because it is supported by a great deal of evidence.
Scientific Law: Describe event that always happen under certain circumstances in nature.