| A | B |
|---|
| has mass and takes up space | matter |
| push or a pull | force |
| includes all inventions and techniques humans have developed | technology |
| a career that uses science to design, create, and work with technology | engineering |
| the amount of matter an object has | mass |
| "stored ability to create forces or a change" | energy |
| learning by asking questions | inquiry |
| evidence that describes only what actually happened or on facts | objective |
| rules that describe the behavior of things in our universe | laws |
| a process of learning that begins with a hypothesis and leads to a conclusion supported by scientific evidence | scientific method |
| a preliminary explanation that can be tested and compared to scientific evidence is called a(n) | hypothesis |
| scienctific xplanation supported by much evidence collected over an extended period of time | theory |
| position and speed are examples of | variables |
| speed that stays the same | constant speed |
| total distance of a trip divided by the total time taken | average speed |
| the variable that you change in an experiment | manipulated (independent) |
| the variable that stays the same in an experiment | controlled |
| the variable that is the reposponse of the changed variable | responding |
| a situation specially set up to investigate relationships between variables | experiment |
| When energy is transferred from one object to another object | energy transfer |
| When energy is changed from one type of energy to another | energy transformation |
| Asks about the relationship between two variables that are generally not manipulated, or controlled by the researcher | Field Study |
| The researcher recognizes and documents some fact or occurance in the natural world | Systematic Observation |
| The experimental question includes a manipulated and a responding variable that the researcher controls | Controlled Investigation |
| A simplified representation of a system to beter understand how the stystem functions | Model or Simulation |
