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Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Qualitative observations | made by gathering information that can be recorded using descriptive language |
| Quantitative observations | made by gathering information that can be recorded as a number with a measurement unit |
| Inference | not a fact,but an interpretation of what the direct observations mean |
| Scientific law | describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions |
| Constant | part of an experiment that is held in the same condition for control and experimental |
| Varible | part of an experiment that changes |
| Manipulated varible | a factor in a controlled experiment that is intentionally changed by the experimenter |
| Scientific theory | a well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results |
| Inquire | to ask for information |
| Responding variable | a resulting factor in a controlled experiment that is observed and measured to see if it changes due to the manipulation of another variable |
| Experiment | a course of action completed in order to test a hypothesis |
| Control | a standard to which all other levels are compared in a scientific experiment |
| accuracy | the quality or state of being correct or precise. |
| calibration | comparison between measurements |
| graduated cylinder | A tool used to measure liquid |
| International System of Measurement | the modern form of the metric unit |
| liquid | In no matter what shape it keeps it volume |
| mass | typically a large body of matter without a definite shape |
| matter | something that takes up space |
| meniscus | he curved upper surface of a liquid in a tube. |
| Newton | a unit of measurement |
| precision | the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate. |
| triple beam balance | a tool used to measure mass of an object in grams |
| unit | International system (kilogram) |
| volume | the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, |
| weight | gravitational pull on an object |
| matter | anything that has mass and volume (takes up space) |
| pure substance | a substance made of only one kind of material having definite proportional amounts and properties |
| mixture | matter that consist of two or more substances not chemically combined |
| element | the simplest type of pure substance |
| compound | two or more elements chemically bonded |
| homogeneous mixture | two or more substances not chemically combined, but appearing to be evenly blended |
| heterogeneous mixture | two or more substances not chemically combined, and appearing non-uniform with physically distinct substances included |
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