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HS Unit1 Definitions
Katie Honors science unit 1 definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| observing,studying,and experimenting to find the nature of things. | Science |
| the application of science for practical uses. | Technology |
| describes a process in nature that can be tested by repeated experiments. | Law |
| an explanation of how a natural process works. | Theory |
| Science of living things. | Biological Science |
| Science of matter and energy. | Physical Science |
| science of earth. | Earth Science |
| the science of plants. | Botany |
| The scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals | Zoology |
| the science of balance in nature. | Ecology |
| the science of forces and energy. | Physics |
| the science of matter and its changes. | Chemistry |
| the science of the physical nature and history of earth. | Geology |
| the science of the atmosphere and weather | Meteorology |
| The branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole. | Astronomy |
| A branch of science that deals with the physical world, e.g., physics, chemistry, geology, and biology. | Natural Science |
| Scientific laws and theories that can be stated as mathematical equations. | Quantitative |
| Describes with words something that you have seen many times. | Qualitative |
| the study of matter of living things. | Biochemistry |
| a representation of an object or event that can be studied to understand the real object or event. | Model |
| the ability and willingness to assess claims critically and to make judgments on the basis of objective and supported reasons. | Critical Thinking |
| general ways to help organize your thinking about questions; a series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions. | Scientific Methods |
| a factor that changes in an experiment in order to test a hypothesis. | Variable |
| a measure of the straight-line distance between two points. | Length |
| a measure of the amount of matter in an object; a fundamental property of an object that is not affected by the forces that act on the object, such as gravitational force. | Mass |
| a measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space. | Volume |
| a measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object; its value can change with the location of the object in the universe. | Weight |
| An educated guess; proposed answer to a question based on observations. research, and data. | Hypothesis |
| When another scientist or "peer" reviews your research. Research examined by other scientists is said to have been "___ ___" | Peer Review |
| a way of thinking that favors one outcome or interpretation. | Bias |
| to discover the presence of. | Detect |
| The standard system of units used by scientists. | SI system |
| used to avoid writing a lot of decimal places and zeros to express very small or very large numbers. | SI prefixes |
| combinations of base units; used for area, volume, pressure, weight, force, speed, and other similar quantities. | Derived units |
| a method of expressing a quantity as a number multiplied by 10 to the appropriate power. | Scientific Notation |
| exactness of a measurement. | Precision |
| a prescribed decimal place that determines the amount of rounding off to be done based on the precision of the measurement. | Significant Figures |
| description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured. | Accuracy |
| A variable (often denoted by x) whose variation does not depend on that of another. | Independent Variable |
| A variable (often denoted by y) whose value depends on that of another or what happens in the experiment. | Dependent Variable |
| a graph used to compare similar data for several individual items or events. | Bar graph |
| a graph used to display a change over time or data that changes continuously. | Line graph |
| graph used for showing parts of a whole. | Pie Graph |
| the variables that you control in an experiment. | Control group |
| Variables that stay the same throughout the experiment. | Constants |
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