| A | B |
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| science | pursuit of truth about the world |
| questions | can be scientific, religious, philisophical |
| global science | study of how individuals and societies use Earth's resources and affect the environment to satisfy human wants and needs |
| data | the raw material from which science is built |
| intrapolate | to obtain information from between two data points |
| extrapolate | to obtain formation beyond data points |
| U.S. customary system | formerly known as the English system |
| metric system | measurement system used by scientists worldwide |
| hyothesis | attempts to explain observations; must be testable and falsifiable |
| model | something that imitates the behavior of something else |
| weathering | natural process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces |
| scientific explanation | explains a natural event and is accepted when it consistently predicts what will happen |
