Inquiry Vocab Q4

4. factors of an experiment that are kept the same by the scientist
5. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
6. a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact
8. carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts to
10. recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different
11. an element that remains unchanged throughout an experiment
14. subtract or take away (an amount or part) from a total
15. an established or official way of doing something
16. evaluation of scientific investigations and relies on all aspects of investigations to be accurate or precise and reliable
17. data describing the attributes or properties that an object possesses
20. data expressing a certain quantity, amount or range
21. deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
22. the end or finish of an event or process

1. a carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world that has been constructed using the scientific method
2. anything that can change or be changed
3. explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
7. the manipulated variable in an experiment
9. establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is
12. the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information
13. the variable that is being measured or tested in an experiment
18. the truth
19. facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis
21. scientific claims based on experiments that cannot be reproduced or that are contradicted by experiments that can be reproduced