Unit 1.0

Oh way of learning about the natural world through observation and logical reasoning; leads to a body of knowledge

The process of using one or more of your senses to gather information

Making an inference, an interpretation based on observing and prior knowledge

The process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence

The process of discovery and science; the ways in which scientist study the natural world and propose explanation based on evidence

A possible explanation for an observation or answer to a scientific question; must be testable

A factor that can change in an experiment

An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time

The one factor that scientists change during an experiment; also called independent variable

The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment; also called dependent variable

Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations

A well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations

The ability to do work or cause change

The envelope of gases that surrounds the earth

Earths water and ice. One of the four spears which scientists divide the earth into

A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust

All living things. One of the fore spheres into which scientists divide the earth into

Anything that has mass and takes up space

A distribution that transfers energy from place to place; The movement of energy through a body of water

The transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of the a differences in temperatures

The science that focuses on planet earth and its place in the universe

The total energy of motion in particles of a substance

A scientist who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict it

A flat model of all or part of earths surface as seen from above