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science 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Physical Properties | that alters form or appearance of matter but does not make any substance in matter into a different substance |
| Chemical Properties | A change in matter that produces one or more new substance |
| weight | can change |
| Mass | Matter in a object |
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Qualitative | 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 scientist expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions |
| Constant | part of an experiment that is held in the same condition for the control of the experiment |
| Variable | part of the experiment that changes |
| Manipulated Variable | a factor in a controlled experiment that is intentionally changed by experimenter |
| Scientific Theory | Well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results |
| Inquiry | to ask 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 a 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 |
| Inference | not a fact,but an interpretation of what the direct observations mean |