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vocab
ch 1 section 1.1 - 1.2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| science | the study of the natural world through obsrvations and logical reasoning; leadsto a body of knowledge |
| observing | the process of using one or more of your senes to gather information |
| inferring | the process of making an interpretation based on observations prior knowledge |
| predicting | the process of forecasting what will happen in the future based on past experience |
| chemistry | the study of the properties of matterand how matter changes |
| physics | the study of matter, energy, motion, and froces, how theyinteract |
| scientfic inquiry | the ongoing process of discovery in science |
| hypothesis | a possible explanantion fora set of observation or answer to a scientific question |
| parameter | afactor that can be measured in an experiment |
| manipulate varibale | the one variable parameter that a scientist changes during an experiment |
| responding variable | the variable parameter that changs as a result of chages |
| communiting | share into about experiments with others |
| model | picture or image of object or process |
| scientific theory | well tested explanation |
| scientific law | rule of nature |
| SI | International System Units |
| weight | measure force of gravity |
| mass | the amount of matter an object has |
| volume | the amount of space an object takes up |
| menicus | a curved cylinder |
| lenght | the amount of distance between to places |
| accuracy | how close measurement is to true value |
| reproducibility | close a group measurements are to each other |
| significant figures | measurements include all of digits that have been measured exactly |
| precision | measure of the exactness of measurement |
| graph | picture of graphs |
| orign | (0,0) where x and y cross |
| coordinate | pair numbers determine the position of a point on graph |
| data point | point showing locations of intersection |
| line of best fit | smooth line reflects the general pattern of graph |
| linear graph | a line graphin which data points yeild a straight line |
| slope | steepness of grap line |
| linear graph | line graph that the data points falls into a straight line |
| non-linear graph | line graph that data points don't fall into a straight line |
| kilo- | 1000 |
| hecto- | 100 |
| deka- | 10 |
| deci- | 0.1 |
| centi- | 0.01 |
| mlli- | 0.001 |
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