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science
chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| SCIENCE | A system of knowledge and methods. K/M |
| TECHNOLOGY | The use of knowledge to solve a practical problem. {computers solve problems} |
| CHEMISTRY | The study of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter. |
| PHYSICS | The study of matter and energy. |
| GEOLOGY | The study of the origin, history, and structure of Earth. (land) |
| ASTRONOMY | The study of the universe beyond Earth, including the sun, moon, plants, and stars. |
| BIOLOGY | The study of living things. |
| SCIENTIFIC METHOD | An organized plan for gathering, organizing and communicating information. |
| OBSERVATION | An information that you obtain through your senses. (make a choice) |
| HYPOTHESIS | proposed answer to a question. |
| MANIPULATED VARIABLE | The speed with which you walk or run. |
| RESPONDING VARIABLE | The amount of water that you accumulate. |
| CONTROLLED EXPERIMANT | An experiment in which only one variable, the manipulated variable,is deliberately changed at a time. |
| SCIENTIFIC THEORY | A well tested explanation for a set of observations. |
| SCIENTIFIC LAW | A statement the summarizes a pattern found in nature. |
| MODEL | To understand how earth rotates. |
| SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL | Modern form of the metric system |
| LIQUID VOLUME | The quantity of 3 dimensional space. |
| Liter | A cubic decimeter. |
| LENGTH | The space between 1 point to another. |
| METER | Used to measure length. |
| MASS | Space (matter in an object) |
| GRAM | Used to weigh volume. |
| Temperature | Used to tell 'f or 'D |
| TIME | To tell the time of day |
| CALCULATING | A deliberate process that transforms one or more , one or more results |
| KILOMETER | 1,000 |
| HECTOMETER | 100 |
| DEKAMETER | 10 |
| DECIMETER | .1 |
| CENTIMETER | .01 |
| MILLIMETER | .001 |
| SCIENTIFIC NOTATION | The way of expressing a value as the product of a number, and 10 to a power. |
| VOLUME | The amount of space taken up by an object. |
| DENSITY | The ratio of an object mass to its volume. |
| PRECISION | A gauge of how exact a measurement is. |
| ACCURACY | The closeness of a measurement to the actual value of what is being measured. |
| THERMOMETER | An instrument that measures temperature. |
| CONVERSION FACTOR | A ratio of equivalent measurements that is used to convert a quantity from one unit to another. |
| SIGNIFICANT FIGURES | All the digits in a measurement that are directly measured , plus the last digit, which is estimated. |
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