Physics Chapter 1

a close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomena

an educated guess; a reasonable explanation of an observation or experimental result that is not fully accepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment

a general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted

an orderly method for gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge

a synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypotheses about aspects of the natural world