Scientific Method - Flashcards

a process used by scientists to make observations, gather data, form a hypothesis, design experiments, and draw conclusions.

• make observations about things you see

• ask questions

• there may be a Law stated that predicts certain behaviors of nature, but those Laws do not always give an explenation

• after making observation, gather more facts based on those observations

• hypothesis gives possible explanations for the observations made

• must be stated in a way where they can be tested in experiments

• done to test hypothesis and explain relationship between observations and data

• may prove hypothesis correct or incorrect

• once experiments give consistent results, a conclusion is drawn that the hypothesis is correct

• this comes after many experiments are done