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physical science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Physical science | THE study of matter and energy |
| SCIENTIFic Method | A series of steps that scientists use to answer questions and solve problems. |
| TECHNOLOGY | THEapplication of knowledge, tools, and materials to solve problems and accomplish tasks; technology can also refer to the objects used to accomplish tasks |
| OBSERVATION | Any use of the sences to gather information |
| HYPOTHESIS | A possible explanation or answer to a question. |
| DATA | Any pieces of information acquired through experimentation |
| THEORY | A unifying explanation for a broad range of hypothesis and obsrevations that have been surpported by testing. |
| LAW | A summary of many experimental results and observations; a law tells how things work. |
| MODEL | A representation of an object or system. |
| METER | The basic unit of lenght in the si system. |
| VOLUME | The amount of space that something occupies or the amount of space that something contains. |
| MASS | The amount of matter that something is made of. |
| TEMPERATURE | A measure of how hot or cold something is, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object. |
| AREA | A measure of how much surface an object has. |
| DENSITY | The amount of matter in a given space; mass per unit volume. |