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In science, we learned how plants grow.
What does Science mean?
the careful study of the natural world using observation, testing, and evidence.
Dictionary definition
The systematic study of the natural and physical world through observation, questions, testing, evidence, and explanations that can be checked.
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Science in a sentence
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Science uses evidence to explain why shadows change during the day.
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Careful science depends on asking clear questions, collecting data, and checking results.
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Practice 1
What is science?
Science uses checkable observations, investigations, evidence, and explanations.
Practice 2
Which action best represents science?
Scientific work makes observations and methods available for checking.
Practice 3
Which statement about science is accurate?
Science improves explanations as evidence and methods improve.
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WordScience.
Partnoun.
MeaningScience means the careful study of the natural world using observation, testing, and evidence.
ExampleExample: In science, we learned how plants grow.
Word breakdown
2 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
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- sy · ens
- Strongest beat
- sy
- Ending
- ens
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on sy.
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Synonyms
Words like Science
knowledgeA close noun when science means a tested body of knowledge, as in the science about a health question.
disciplineA close noun when science means a particular organized field of study, such as biology or astronomy.
Antonym review
Does Science have an opposite?
Science names a method and body of knowledge and has no direct antonym. Guesswork, myth, and pseudoscience differ from or fail scientific standards but are not universal lexical opposites.
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Word family
Science word family
Base word
science
noun
sciences
Plural form for branches of science, such as life sciences or earth sciences.
adjective
scientific
Related to science or based on science.
adverb
scientifically
In a way that uses scientific methods or evidence.
noun
scientist
A person who studies science.
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Understand Science
Hint for students
Look for careful observation, testable questions, recorded evidence, and explanations open to checking.
Common mix-up
Science is not a fixed list of facts or simply doing an experiment. It is a systematic way of building and checking explanations about the natural world.
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Give students four short investigation descriptions. They identify which scientific features are present or missing, then revise one weak investigation to include a clear question, method, observations, and evidence.
Teacher prompt
What makes an investigation scientific? Identify how its question, observations, method, evidence, and explanation could be checked.
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