Science Vocabulary

4. a final decision or judgment: an opinion or decision that is formed after a period of thought or research
6. to prove (something) is false by using arguments or evidence
9. a careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something
10. a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or frailty
11. a subject of study; a branch of knowledge.
12. a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
15. a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
16. an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
17. to provide evidence for (something); to help show that (something) is true

1. a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
2. a careful study of something to learn about its parts, what they do, and how they are related to each other
3. a conclusion you can draw based on the known evidence
5. to say that (something) is true when some people may say it is not true
7. a statement made about the future
8. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
11. the act of making and recording a measurement
13. a discussion between people in which they express different opinions about something
14. an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events