| A | B |
| pure science | just to know |
| applied science | giving science a purpose |
| technology | practical use of science information |
| life science | deals with living organisms |
| earth science | deals with earth and space |
| physical science | study of matter and energy |
| problem | situation where something appears to be missing |
| critical thinking | high level thinking skills |
| hypothesis | educated guess |
| theory | explanation based on many observations |
| law | a pattern in nature |
| experiment | organized procedure for testing hypothesis |
| control | a standard for comparison |
| constant | does not change |
| independent variable | you will change this |
| dependent variable | result of changing independent variable |