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My Science Finals
Flashcards for my science finals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the steps of the scientific method in order? | Problem, Hypothesis, Test, Observations, Conclusion |
| What's an observation? | Anything you hear, taste, smell, touch or see during the experiment. |
| What is an inference? | what you can assume from an observation. |
| What is mass? | The amount of matter in an object. |
| What is volume? | The amount of space an object takes up. |
| What is weight? | The pull of gravity on an object. |
| What is distance? | Length of space between point A and point B. |
| What is density? | Amount of matter in an object. |
| What is a meter stick? | A measurement tool to measure distance in metric units. |
| What is a balance? | A measurement tool that measures mass. |
| What is a scale? | A measurement tool that measures weight. |
| What is a stopwatch? | A measurement tool that measures time. |
| What is a thermometer? | A measurement tool that measures temperature. |
| What is a graduated cylinder? | A measurement tool that measures volume. |
| What is a meter? | A unit of measurement that measures distance (metric) |
| What's a gram? | Unit of measurement (mass) |
| What's a Liter? | metric unit of measurement (volume) |
| What's a Kilogram? | metric unit of mass |
| What's a newton? | unit of weight |
| What's a joule? | unit of work |
| What's a Watt? | unit of power (= to 1 Joule per second) |
| What's Celcius? | A system of temperature (metric) |
| What's Fahrenheit? | System of temperature (U.S customary) |
| What's Kelvin? | Systeme Internacional unit of temperature |
| What's direction? | a point or region itself |
| What's motion? | a change in position. |
| What is Frame of refrence? | what you compare an object to, to determine and objects motion. |
| What is Speed? | Velocity and time |
| What is constant speed? | speed that stays the same |
| What is acceleration? | speeding up or changing direction |
| What is deceleration? | slowing down |
| What is tension? | pulling or stretching force |
| What is compression? | pushing or squeezing force |
| What is work? | excerting a force over a distance |
| What is mechanical advantage? | the machine splits the work with you |