Scientific Inquiry

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  1. 4. The ongoing process of discovery in science that involves diverse ways of studying the natural world in which scientists propose explanations based on evidence they gather.
  2. 6. A repetition of an experiment to gather additional data and determines whether experiment's results support the hypothesis.
  3. 8. The process of grouping together items that are alike in some way.
  4. 9. The process of making an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge.
  5. 10. Evaluating data to reach a conclusion about an experiment.
  6. 11. Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.
  7. 12. The factor that changes as a result of changes to the independent variable in an experiment and is the responding variable.
  8. 14. The process of using one or more of your senses to gather information.
  9. 17. An observation that deals with a number or amount.
  10. 19. An attitude of doubt.
  11. 21. An observation that deals with characteristics that cannot be expressed in numbers.
  12. 22. A set of beliefs that may make use of science but whose conclusions and predictions are not based on observation, objective reasoning, or scientific evidence.
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  1. 1. Reasoning that is based on
  2. 2. An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.
  3. 3. Reasoning that is based on evidence.
  4. 5. The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment and is the manipulated variable.
  5. 7. The process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.
  6. 13. Data and observations that are collected through scientific processes and that explain a particular observation.
  7. 15. A way of learning about the natural world through observations and logical reasoning that lead to a body of knowledge.
  8. 16. A subjective belief that can lead to an error in the design of an experiment that affects the results of the experiment.
  9. 18. A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question that has to be testable.
  10. 20. Explanation A generalization that makes sense of observations by using logical reasoning.