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Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Qualative | Made by gathering information that can be recorded using descriptive language. |
| Quantative | Made by gathering information that can be recorded as a number with a measurement unit. |
| Scientific Law | Describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions. |
| Inference | Not a fact, but an interpretation of what the direct observations mean. |
| Constant | Part of an experiment that is held in the same condition for control and experimental. |
| Variable | Part of an experiment that changes. |
| Independent Variable | 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. |
| Inquiry/Question | To ask for information. |
| Dependent 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. |
| Matter | Anything that takes up space and has mass. |
| Physical Properties | Any change that alters the form or appearance of matter, but does not make any substance in the matter into a different substance;Changing the appearance,but not what it is. |
| Chemical Properties | A change in matter that produces one or more new substances. |
| Weight | Amount of gravity on an object. |
| Mass | Amount of matter in an object. |
| accuracy | Being correct or precise |
| calibration | to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements). |
| graduated cylinder | a narrow, cylindrical container marked with horizontal lines to represent units of measurement and used to precisely measure the volume of liquids. |
| International System of Measurement | the modern form of the metric system and is the world's most widely used system of measurement, used in both everyday commerce and science. |
| liquid | composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid. |
| meniscus | The mark on the graduated cylinder that determines the amount of ml. |
| Newton-a unit of measurement | One newton is equal to the force needed to accelerate a mass of one kilogram one meter per second per second. |
| precision | Being accurate |
| triple beam balance | A tool to measure mass |
| unit | What something is measured as. |
| volume | the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies. |
| mixture | matter that consists of 2 or more substances not chemically combined. |
| compound | 2 or more elements chemically combined. |
| heterogeneous | 2 or more substances not chemically combined, and appearing non-uniform with physically distinct substances included. |
| homogeneous | 2 or more substances not chemically combined, but appear to be evenly blended. |
| element | the simplest type of pure substance. |
| pure substance | a substance made of only one kind of material having definite proportional amounts and properties. |
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