The Central Science Review

anything that has mass and takes up space

• Weight
• Model
• Matter

the branch of science that studies matter and the changes it undergoes

• Science
• Chemistry
• Theory

the use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions, as well as the knowledge generated through this process

• Hypothesis
• Theory
• Science

a tentative, testable statement or prediction about what has been observed

• Hypothesis
• Theory
• Science

a measurement that reflects the amount of matter

• Matter
• Mass
• Weight

describes a relationship in nature that is supported by many experiments

• Theory
• Scientific Law

research that seeks to gain knowledge for the sake of knowledge itself

• Pure Research
• Applied Research

a measure not only of the amount of matter but also of the effect of Earth’s gravitational pull on that matter

• Mass
• Weight
• Grams

a visual, verbal, or mathematical explanation of experimental data

• Hypothesis
• Model
• Theory

an explanation that has been supported by many experiments

• Theory
• Scientific Law