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Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Philosophers | Truth is revealed through logic and debate |
| Scientist | Truth is revealed through experimentation |
| Observation | A way of requiring info also known as data |
| Hypothesis | A tentative interpretation or explanation of your observation |
| Experiments | Test of hypothesis, laws, or theories |
| Laws | Summary of observations |
| Theory | General explanation for the characteristics and behavior of nature. |
| Scientific Law | A number of similar observations generalized into a brief statement summarizing past observations and predicticting new ones |
| Matter | Anything that occupies space and has mass |
| Crystalline Solids | Solids that have their particles arranged in an orderly geometric pattern |
| Amorphous Solids | Solids that have particles that do not show a regular geometric pattern over a long range. |
| Elements | Pure substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances e.g., copper,helium,sodium |
| Compounds | Pure substances that are made of two or more elements in definite proportions e.g., sodium chloride NaCl, Carbon dioxide CO2 |
| Pure Substance | Made of a single type of particle. The composition does not change. |
| Homogeneous Mixture | Has uniform composition through out the sample (Same) |
| Heterogeneous Mixture | Does not have a uniform composition through out the sample (Different) |