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conceptual physics

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what are some physical sciences?   the study of geology,astronomy,chemistry and physics  
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what topics are studied in physics ?   motion,forces,energy,matter,heat,sound,light and atoms  
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explain why physics is the basic science   the ideas of physics are fundamental to more complicated sciences  
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what changed science in the 17th century?   it was learned that matter could be analyzed,modeled and describes mathematically  
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what 2 factors made science so successful?   mathematics and experimentation  
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what are the five steps of the scientific method?   1. recognize the problem 2. make a hypothesis 3. predict the hypothesis 4. perform the experiment 5. formulate the simplest general rule the organizes the main ingredients-hypothesis,prediction and experimental outcome  
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what is the difference between hypothesis and theory?   a hypothesis has not been well tested while a theory has been well tested but they both are possible explanations  
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what does Giga stand for?   one billion  
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what does Mega stand for?   one million  
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what does Kilo stand for?   one thousand  
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what does deci stand for?   0.1  
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what does centi stand for?   .01  
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what does milli stand for?   .001  
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what does micro stand for?   .000001  
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