| A | B |
|---|
| biology | study of living things |
| botany | study of plants |
| ecology | study of how living things interact with each other and the environment |
| zoology | study of animals |
| physical science | science of matter and energy |
| physics | study of force and energy |
| chemistry | study of matter and its changes |
| earth science | science of the earth |
| geology | study of the history and structure of the earth |
| astronomy | study of the universe beyond the earth |
| meteorology | study of the weather, climate, and atmosphere |
| science | observing, studying, and experimenting to find the nature of things |
| technology | applied science |
| law | describes a process in nature that occurs under certain conditions |
| theory | explains how natural processes work |
| scientific method | series of steps followed to solve problems |
| variable | a factor that changes in an experiment in order to test a hypothesis |
| bias | a way of think that favors one outcome over another |
| spectroscope | tool that separates light into colors |
| length | measure of straight line distance between two points |
| mass | a measure of the amount of matter in an object |
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| volume | measure of size of a body in 3-dimensional space; l x w x h |
| weight | amount of gravitational force exerted on an object |
| precision | the exactness of measurement |
| accuracy | description of how close a measurement is to the true value |
