CH 1 Vocab Science

The study of things

An attempt to explain a pattern observed repeatedly in the natural world is called a scientific theory

A rule that describes a pattern in nature

A collection of structures cycles and processes that relate to and interact with each other

The study of living systems and the ways in which they interact is called

The study of the Earth systems and the systems in space

The study of matter and energy

practical use of science or applied science

reasonable and educated possible answer based on what you know and what you know and what you know and what you observe

to draw a conclusion based on what you observe

changing one factor and observing its effect on another while keeping all other factors constant

factors that can be changed in an experiment

the variable that is changed in an experiment

variable that changes as a result of change in the independent variable

variables that are not changed in an experiment

any representation of an object or an event used as a tool for under standing the natural world

combining what you already know with the new facts that you are given to decide if you should agree with something

observations