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Understandingscience
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Science | Investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations. |
| Three main branches of science | Life, Earth, physical |
| SI ( international system of units) | The internationally accepted system of measurement |
| Qualitative description | How something looks or the quality of the object |
| Quantitative description | A number of and object or the amount |
| Observation | The act of using one or more of your senses to gather information and taking note of what occurs |
| Skepticism | Being doubtful about the truthfulness and accuracy of something |
| Explanation | Is and interpretation of observations. |
| Description | A spoken or written summary of observations |
| Triple beam balance | A tool used to measure the exact mass of an object |