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Physics Chap. 1 TC
Chapter 1:about science
Question | Answer |
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Way of gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge. | Scientific Method |
A close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomena | Fact |
An educated guess; a reasonable explanation of an observation or experimental result that is not fully accepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment | Hypothesis |
A general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted. Also known as principle. | Law |
A general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted, also known as a law. | Principle |
A synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well- tested and verified hypothesis about aspects of the natural world | Theory |