Intro to Science: Key Definitions

A systematic approach to understanding the natural world through observation, experimentation, and analysis.

Testable explanations for observed phenomena, that can be revised.

Well-substantiated explanations, repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment.

Descriptive statements that accurately describe relationships between natural phenomena under specific conditions.

The study of living organisms, their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution.

The process by which populations of organisms change over time through inherited characteristics.

The study of matter and its properties, and how matter changes.

Substances composed of two or more different elements chemically bonded together.

The study of the fundamental laws governing the universe, including matter, energy, space, and time.

The study of Earth and its processes, including geology, meteorology, oceanography, and environmental science.