Nature of Science

Natural Sciences are the fields of science related to the ________ world and its processes

physical

Life Sciences study _______ things and include biology

living

Physical Sciences study __________ matter and include astronomy, physics, and chemistry

nonliving

Interdisciplinary Science is the integration of multiple scientific fields to solve complex _________ including biochemistry and biophysics

problems

The scientific method is observation—→question—→_________—→experiment——→Data—→_____________

hypothesis; conclusion

Observational Science is watching and _________ things in their natural state/environment (Descriptive Science)

recording

Inductive Reasoning is using ____________ to come to a conclusion

observations

Experimental Science is seeking to ____ ideas (hypothesis-based science)

test

Deductive Reasoning is using the general __________ to predict what will happen

principle

Experimental Science is testing out a _________ by deliberately manipulating variables

hypothesis

Experimental Science must be either testable or ___________

falsifiable

Experimental Science can’t be proven and only _________ by evidence

supported

Independent Variables are the factors that the researcher _____________ changes in an experiment

intentionally

Dependent Variables show the _______ of the experiment; either observed or measured

effect

Controlled Variables are the factors that are kept _________; don’t interfere with results

constant

Control group is the group in the experiment that does not ________ the treatment at all; nothing added

receive