| A | B |
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| science | a way of learning about the natural world or the world around you |
| observing | using one or more of your senses to gather information |
| quantitative observation | an observation that deals with a number or an amount |
| qualitative observation | an observation that deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers |
| inferring | explains or interprets what you observe; explains what you have seen or what you are seeing; based on what you already know |
| predicting | forecasts what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence |
| classifying | the process of grouping together items that are alike in some way |
| making models | involves creating representations of complex objects or processes; help us study and understand something that can't be observed by ourselves |
| life science | the study of living things; also known as biology |
