| A | B |
|---|
| Observing | using your senses to get information |
| Inferring | explaining things that you have observed |
| Predicting | make a forecast |
| Scientific inquiry process | the ways scientists study the natural world |
| Hypothesis | possible explanation, educated guess |
| Data | facts, figures and other evidence gathered by observation |
| conclusion | decision based on what you learned from experiment |
| astronomy | study of space |
| oceanography | study of the waters of the earth |
| geology | study of the crust |
| meteorology | study of the atmosphere (weather) |
