What does Explanation mean in science mean in science?

Answer 1

Explanations must be Consistent.

The explanation for one set of phenomena cannot contradict the explanation for other sets of phenomena.

If explanations are inconsistent, they must be rectified or abandoned.

Explanations must be Testable.

Explanations must be examined in

laboratories, in nature, in the field or through the study of past events and

must be capable of shown to be incorrect. If they are incorrect they must

be changed or abandoned.

Preferred Explanations should be Elegant (Simple).

Explanations that require the invention of the fewest "missing pieces" have the greatest reliability. Explanations cannot include pieces that are either inconsistent

with what is already known or that are untestable.

Answer 2

A "scientific" explanation is an explanation which is consistent with the view of reality held by scientists. Sometimes this involves the testability of that view by experiment, called the scientific method, and sometimes not. Theoretical physics theories, although views of reality held by scientists, are not actually demonstrable by the scientific method.

Answer 3

It means you have to use Scientific words in the explanation, so you can get higher marks. :) (if that's what you mean?).