How would making an inference be helpful in science

An inference is similar to an "educated guess". It is something one believes is true based on observations and past evidence. Inferences of certain observations can help a scientist develop a hypothesis which they can later test through the scientific method.

1. the energy lost to disorder metabolism     -entropy

2. related to or possessing motion potential     -kinetic

3. all of the chemical reactions in an organism required for maintenance of the processes of life entropy     -metabolism

4. possible; ability to go into action or perform work kinetic     -potential

5. the study of energy and its transformations thermodynamics     -thermodynamics