Science
A way of learning about or describing the natural world.
Chemistry
The study of matter
Matter
Anything that has mass and volume (weight and size)
Physics
The study of energy
Energy
The ability to move or change matter
Biology
The study of living things
Geology
Study of the earth
Astronomy
Study of space
Anatomy
The study of location of body parts
Physiology
The study of what the body parts do (their function)
Ecology
the study of the environment
scientific method
A logical way of solving problems
Research
Gathering information about a topic/problem
Hypothesis
An educated guess about a topic/problem
Experiment
Testing a hypothesis
Theory
An idea that has evidence to support it, but not proof
Scientific law
an idea that has been proven
Control Group
A group of things within an experiment which all the conditions remain the same
Experimental Group
A group of things within an experiment in which one condition is changed
Variable
The one thing/condition that is changed in an experiment
Reliability
A measure of the accuracy of the results of an experiment
direct porportion
a relationship between two variables in which they change in the same was as the other
Inverse proportion
a relation between two variables in which they change the opposite way as the other