Answer:
i suggest u take a guest because i do not have the chart
Explanation:
A simile can be found when using "like" or "as" between two things. Example: I'm as happy as a clown.
Your question would be a metaphor. Both things are being compared to a science expieriment, probably meaning that they need to have an outcome, but it isn't known for sure if it will be a good or bad outcome.
Things like this can be taken many ways, so if you think something else, I'm sure it would work as well.
A because sometimes one source could have more info and one could be wrong or something
Like magnets. Idk
Hope this makes sense in any way