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Unit 3 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Trimming Data | Selecting data to make results look better |
Cooking Data | Presenting full data along with trimmed data set |
Force | A push or pull on an object |
Pressure | The force per area on a surface |
Temperature | How hot or cold an object is |
Volume | An amount of space |
Measure pressure with | Atmosphere |
Measure volume with | Liter |
Measure number in | Moles |
Measure temperature in | Kelvin |
R = Ideal Gas Constant | 0.082 |
Chemistry | Science based off observation and experimentation |
Law | Describe or predict a facet of the natural world |
Theories | Testable explanations of particular aspects of nature |
Macroscopic Domain | Things humans can see with the bare eye |
Microscopic Domain | Things visible through optical microscopes |
Fact | A basic statement established by experiment or observation |
Belief | A statement that is not scientifically provable |
What was a problem with thermometers? | They disagreed on what the temperature was measuring. Some thought heat was an invisible liquid that could make things warm while others believed it was how tiny particles moved in stuff like solids, liquids, and gasses. |
Caloric Theory | Explains how heat works and helps explain why heat moves from hot stuff to cold stuff and why things got bigger when they got hot. |
KMT | Explains gas theory |