Science
An organized way of gathering and analyzing data of the natural world.
Observation
The act of noticing and describing events or processes
Inference
Is a logical interpretation on what scientists already know
Hypothesis
A scientific explanation for a set of observations
Controlled Experiment
An experiment where one variable changes
Independent variable
The variable that changes
Dependent
Changes depending on the independent variable
Control group
Exposed to the same conditions as the experimental group except for one independent variable
Data
Scientists make records of experiment observations