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Physics Ch1 keyterms
Question | Answer |
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Fact | a close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomena |
Hypothesis | an educated guess: a reasonable explanation of an observation or experimental result that is not not fully accepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment |
law | a general hypothisis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted (same as principle) |
scientific method | an orderly method for gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge |
Theory | a synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypothesis about aspects of the natural world |