Science

Law

Law is a description of a specific relationship under given conditions in the natural world.

Mathematical Model

One or more equations that represent the way a system works

Simulation

A method that is used to study and analyze the characteristics of an actual or theoretical system.

Model

A pattern, plan, or description designed to show the structure or workings of an object, system, or concept.

Theory

A theory is an explanation supported b a large amount of evidence.

Physical Model

A three-dimensional representation of an object that may be smaller or larger than the object it represents

Conceptual Model

A verbal or graphical explanation for how a system works or is organized.

Experiment

And experiment is an organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions.

Data

Data is information gathered by observation or experimentation that can be used in calculation or reasoning.

What are the three steps scientists take to evaluate a scientific explanation

First you look at your empirical evidence, secondly you see if your explanation is logical, third you look at other test you could do to support your ideas.

Accuracy

A description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured.

Measurement

A quantitative description that has a number and unit

What are six traits of a good scientific observer

Careful observation, curiosity, creativity, logic, skepticism, and objectivity.

Name the characteristics of pseudoscience

Concerns the natural world, Explanations can sound logical and be proven false allows personal opinions to be used as evidence.

Empirical Evidence

Empirical evidence is the observations, measurement, and other types of data that people gather and test to support and evaluate scientific explanations.

Dependent Variable

In a scientific investigation, the factor that changes as a result of manipulation of one or more independent variables.

Independent Variable

In a scientific investigation, the factor that is deliberately manipulated.

Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience is a process of investigation that in one or more ways resembles science but deviates from the scientific methods.

Science

Science is the knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principles that can be verified or tested.

Precision

The exactness of a measurement.

Hypothesis

A Hypothesis is a testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation.

Observation

An Observation is the process of obtaining information by using; the information obtained by using the senses.