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Nature of Science
Term | Definition |
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Science | to have knowledge |
geology | study of Earth, matter, and processes |
Meteorology | study of weather and forces that cause it |
Astronomy | study of objects in space |
Oceanography | study of oceans |
scientific method | process of solving problems |
hypothesis | prediction about a problem that can be tested, based on your current knowledge. |
variable | changeable factors |
control | standard for comparison |
theory | scientific explanation backed by results obtained from repeated tests and experiment |
law | rule of nature that describes the behavior of something in nature. They don't explain the "why." |
mass | amount of matter in an object. Does not change with gravity. |
weight | measures gravitational force on mass |
volume | how much space an object occupies |
density | how much matter is inside physical space. |