1. Science Words

2. Scientific Inquiry The ways scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on gathered evidence

3. Hypothesis A possible explanation for a set of observations or answers to a scientific question. Must be testable.

4. Observation Information gathered by our senses

5. Experiment A way of testing a hypothesis

6. Variable A factor that can be changed in an experiment – Manipulated (Independent) variable: a factor changed by the tester – Responding (Dependent) variable: a factor that was changed by changing something else in an experiment

7. Control The standard in which something is compared in an experiment

8. Data Observations or measurements taken in an experiment

9. Analysis Making sense of or organizing data from an experiment

10. Conclusion Determining if a hypothesis is true or not. It is what was learned from an experiment

11. Scientific Theory A widely accepted, well tested explanation of observations based on available evidence

12. Scientific Law A rule or principle describing a physical relationship that always work under the same conditions