| A | B |
| Asking a scientific question | Scientific investigation often begin when someone observes an event in nature and wonders why or how it occurs. The leads to _____. |
| Qualitative observations | Words that describe what you observe in your experiment. |
| Quantitative observations | Numbers that describe what you observe. |
| Writing a procedure | A set of instructions that you use to gather the data you need to answer your question. |
| Determining materials | Deciding what items and tools you need to complete your experiment. |
| Recording observations | When you are doing your experiment you must write both qualitative and quantitative data. |
| Analyzing results | Summarizing your data in meaningful ways to present your observations. |
| Drawing conclusion | Comparing your results to your prediction and hypothesis. |
| Metric system | Universal system of measurements. |
| Meter (m) | Standard unit of length |
| mm | abbreviation for millimeter |
| cm | abbreviation for centimeter |
| km | abbreviation for kilometer |