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Scienece

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Qualitative   made by gathering information that can be recorded using (descriptive language)(5 senses)  
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Quantitative   made by gathering information that can be recorded as a (number) with a measurement unit.  
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Inference   not a fact,but an interpretation of what the direct observation means.  
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Scientific Law   describes what scientists expect what the direct observation means.  
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Coanstant   part of a experiment that is held the in the same condition for control and experimental.  
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Variable   part of the experiment that changes.  
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Manipulated Variable   a factor in a controlled experiment that is intentionally changed by the experiment.  
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Scientific theory   a well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results.  
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Inquiry   to ask for information.  
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Dependent Variable   a resulting factor in a controlled experiment that is observed and measured to see if it changes due to the manipulation of another variable.  
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Expierment   a course of action completed in order to test a hypothesis.  
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Control   a standard to which all other levels are compared in a scientific experiment.  
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Matter   anything that has mass and takes up space.  
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Physical Change   when the form of the object changes but it does not make the object disappear.  
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Chemical Change   a change in matter that produces one or more new substances.  
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Weight   the amount of gravity on an object.  
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Mass   the amount of matter in an object.  
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units of mass   grams  
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Calculating volume   volume = length x width x height  
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Accuracy   the condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact; freedom from error or defect; precision or exactness; correctness.  
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Calibration   to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).  
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Graduated cylinder   a narrow, cylindrical container marked with horizontal lines to represent units of measurement and used to precisely measure the volume of liquids.  
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International system of measurement   international decimal system of weights and measures derived from and extending the metric system of units.  
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Liquid   composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid.  
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Mass   usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:  
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Matter   the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:  
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Meniscus   a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.  
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Newton a- unit of measurement   One newton is equal to the force needed to accelerate a mass of one kilogram one meter per second per second.  
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Prescision   the state or quality of being precise.  
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Triple beam balance   Triple Beam Balance is a typical mechanical balance. It has a beam which is supported by a fulcrum. On one side is a pan on which the object is placed. On the other side, the beam is split into three parallel beams , each supporting one weight.  
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Unit   a single thing or person.  
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Volume   the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies.  
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Weight   the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs  
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Matter   Anything that has mass and volume. (takes up space).  
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Pure substance   A substance made of only one kind of material having definite proportional amounts and properties.  
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Mixture   Matter that consists of two or more substances not chemically combined  
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Element   The simplest type of pure substances  
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Compound   Two or more substances not chemically combined  
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Homogeneous mixture   Two or more substances not chemically combined, but appearing to be evenly blended  
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Heterogeneous mixture   Two or more substances not chemically combined, and appearing non-uniform with physically distinct substances included.  
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