Discovery Education Section 1.2 Using Scientific method

Law

a description of how nature will behave under certain conditions

Heat energy

a form of energy that transfers between particles in a substance or system through kinetic energy transfer

Control

a part of an experiment that is used as a standard to compare experimental observation; it is treated the same as the other samples except that it is not exposed to the manipulated variables; controlled variables in an experiment are all the variables.

Variable

a quantity or condition that can be changed in an experiment

Experiment

a scientific activity that controls conditions in order to answer a question

Hypothesis

a testable explanation for a problem or phenomena

Conclusion

process of arriving at an inference, interpretation, or reason

Data

recorded measurements or observations collecting during a scientific investigation

Observation

the act of watching over something or taking notice; in science, observations are carefully recorded as part of the scientific process.

Analysis

the process of studying data to detect patterns or meaning