Scientific Practices

4. Conduct an ________________________, and write down the steps you followed to test your hypothesis.
5. A method of gathering information about the natural world using your senses is an ____________________________.
10. Scientists propose __________________________ that can be tested by examining evidence.
12. has many fields of study, including biology,geology, physics, and astronomy.
15. Scientific __________________________ refers to the process that scientists use to find answers about the natural world.
17. Experiments should be _______________________ to see if the same results are obtained each time.
19. A scientific _______________ is typically a rule that states how some part of nature will act under certain conditions.
20. Think of a ______ or a problem you want to investigate.
22. Record your _________________ by drawing pictures, making a table or chart, and analyzing.
23. __________________________ data are numbers and are obtained by counting or measuring.
24. Making an explanation or interpretation of your observation is known as an ________________________.
25. A scientific ______ is a broad and comprehensive statement of what is thought to be true.

1. ______ data are descriptions and involve characteristics that cannot be counted.
2. A ______ is when you make a prediction for one possible answer to the problem or question.
3. Data is the ________________ gathered from making observations.
6. A _______________________variable are constants, or conditions in the experiment that do not change.
7. The _________________________ variable or manipulated variable, is deliberately changed by the scientist.
8. Make a _________________________ by asking yourself if your hypothesis was correct, what did you learn, and share with others.
9. Think about what you already know and _____________________ to find out new information.
11. The _______________________ in an experiment are all the factors that the experimenter attempts to keep the same.
13. Another term for a theory is an educated __________________.
14. The _____________________ variable is the one observed during the experiment, and the data we collect during the experiment.
16. A ____________________ is a condition that is changed to find the effect of that change.
18. A statement of what a scientist thinks will happen based an observation is a ____________________________.
21. It is important to test a _________________ sample in order to get true results of the experiment.