| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| OBSERVATION | Information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/or scientific instruments. |
| DATA | Measurements or observations collected and recorded in an experiment or investigation. |
| INVESTIGATION | An organized scientific study of the natural world that may include making observations, asking questions, gathering information, analyzing data, summarizing results, drawing conclusions, and/or communicating results. |
| INFERENCE | An explanation based on past experience or evidence that is not directly observed. |
| PREDICTION | To state what one thinks will happen under certain conditions based on data or observation. |
| HYPOTHESIS | When a scientist predicts the answer to the scientific question. |
| EXPERIMENT | A scientific test or procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to answer a scientific question. |
| VARIABLE | Anything that can change in an experiment. |
| CONTROL GROUP | A group in a scientific experiment that serves as a reference for comparison to the experimental group; A group that is untreated by the factor being tested. |
| CONCLUSION | An explanation about what the data from an investigation showed. |
