| A | B |
| Science | The investigation and exploration of natural events and the new information that results from those investigations |
| Hypothesis | A tentative explanation for an observation or phenomenon |
| Scientific theory | An explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations |
| Scientific Law | A law that describes a pattern in occurs in nature |
| Critical Thinking | Comparing what you already know with information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it. |
| Observation | The act of using one or more of your senses to gather information and take note of what |
| Internation System of Units | The internationally accepted system of measurement. |
| Independent Variable | The factor that you change in an experiment |
| Experimental Group | Used to study how a change in the independent variable changes the dependent variable. |
| Dependent Variable | What you observe in an experiment to obtain your results. |