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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scientific Inquiry | Different ways scientist study |
| Hypothesis | Possible answers or observations |
| Parameter | Measured Factor |
| Manipulated Varible | Variable parameter purposely changed |
| Responding Varible | Variable parameter purposely changed |
| Controlled Experiment | One parameter is manipulated at a time |
| Data | Facts, Figures, Evidence, gathered through observations |
| Communicating | Sharing ideas and conclusions |
| Model | Picture, Diagram, of an object shown to display |
| Scientific Theory | Well tested explanation for an observation |
| Scientific Law | Statement that describes what scientist think will happen |
| Science | The study of the natural world |
| Observing | Using 1 or more senses to gather info |
| Inferring | Educated Guess |
| Predicting | Making a forecast based on past experience or evidence |
| Chemistry | The study of matter and how it changes |
| Physics | The study of matter, energy, motion, forces, and their interaction |
| Estimate | an approximation of a number based on reasonable assumptions |
| Accuracy | refers to how close a measurement is to the true or actual value |
| Reproducibility | refers to how close a group of measurements are to each other |
| Significant figures | include all of the digits that have been measu |
| Horizontal axis | x-axis is the graph line that runs left to right |
| Vertical axis | y-axis on the graph line that runs up and down |
| Origin | the point were axis cross |
| Coordinate | a pair of #s to determine the position of a point on a graph |
| Data point | the point showing the location of inresection |
| Line of best fit | a smooth line that reflects the general pattern of the line |
| Linear graph | a graph were the points yeild |
| Slope | steepness of the line or graph |
| Non linear graph | a line were the data points aren't straight or linear |
| SI | short for international system of units |
| weight | the measure of gravity pulling on an object |
| mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| volume | amount of space an object takes up |
| meniscus | a curved figure or line |
| + length | a line on or placed on the positive numbers |
| significant figures | measurement that includes all the exact digits |
| precision | a measure of exactness |
| motion | if the object's distance from one point to another is changing |
| reference poits | a place or object used for comparison to determine if something is in motion |
| distance | the length of the path between two points |
| displacement | the length and direction that an object has moved from its starting point |
| vector | a quantity that consists of both direction and magnitude |
| speed | the distance of an object travels per unit of time |
| average speed | divide the total distance traveled by the total time. |
| instantaneous speed | the rate at which an object is moving at a given instant in time |
| velocity | speed in given direction |
| force | anything pushed pulled or moved |
| newton | an english scientist Isaac Newton |
| net force | combinations of all forces |
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