| A | B |
|---|
| science | a way of learning about the natural world |
| observing | using one or more of your senses to gather information |
| quantitative observation | deals with numbers or amounts |
| qualitative observation | deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers |
| inferring | when you explain or interpret the things you observe |
| predicting | making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence |
| classifying | grouping together of items that are alike in some ways |
| evaluating | comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them |
| scientific investigation | the way in which scientists study the natural world |
