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Science
Term | Definition |
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Qualitative | made by gathering information that can be recorded using descriptive language |
Quantitative | 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 |
Variable | part of the experiment that changes |
Manipulated Variable | a factor in a controlled experiment that is intentionally changed by the experimenter |
Theory | a well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results |
Inquiry | to ask imformation |
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 |
Matter | anything that has mass or takes up space |
Physical Properties | any change that alters form or appearance but does not make substance |
Chemical Properties | a change that produces one or more new substances |
Weight | the amount of gravity on an object |
Mass | the amount of matter in 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 consists of two or more substances not chemically combined |
Element | the simplest type of pure substance |
Compound | two or more elements chemically combined |
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 |