Testable: Able to be tested or tried.
ex. An example of a testable hypothesis is, Students who attend class more have higher grades, while those who skip have lower grades.
Data: Data is the items of information that represent our analyze, or our findings in an experiment.
ex. An example of Data, is the results of information collected for a research paper.
Evidence: Evidence is information that helps show whether a proposed idea is valid.
ex. We can use evidence to help support our point and strengthen our findings with reasoning.
Theory: Theory is an explanation of something in the natural world that can be tested and gives us the same results each time. A proven hypothesis.
ex. Examples of scientific theories are gravitation, evolution, and plate tectonics.
Hypothesis: A hypothesis is a theory or question that can be tested through study and experimentation. It has more reasoning to it than a simple guess, but not enough information to be a theory.
ex. An example of a possible hypothesis is, If we play music while working on homework, the participant's perfomance will increase.
