Vocab terms
The amount of gravity acting on an object.
What is weight?
A proposed solution to a scientific problem.
What is a hypothesis?
The basic unit of length in metric system.
What is a meter?
A is a device that measures air pressure.
What is a barameter?
Recorded observations and measurement.
What is data?
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a themometer?
The first step of the scientific method.
What is stating the problem?
The basic unit of weight in the metric system.
What is a newton?
The basic unit of weight in the metric system?
What is a newton?
A standard system of measurement used by all scientist.
what is the metric system
A tool used to measure mass.
What is a triple beam balance?
The most logical explanation for events that occur in nature.
What is a theory?
What is celsius?
A magnifying glass is a simple microscope because it only has one
What is a lens?
A systematic approach to problem solving.
What is the scientific method?
The type of a liquid at its surface.
What is a meniscus?
The independed variable that is being tested.
What is a independed variable?
The skill of covering one unit to another.
What is a dimensional analysis?
A telescope that gathers radio waves from distant objects in order to produce on image of that object.
What is a radio telescope?
The distance of light that travels in a year.
What is light-year?
The amount of mass that an object has for its volume.
What is density?
An idea represented by a word or phrase enclosed in a box.
What is a concept map?
The relashship between mass and volume.
What is density?
A instrument that detects and measures earthquake waves.
What is a seismograph?
A telescope that uses a series of lenses to gather and focus visable light from distant objects.
What is a refracting telescope?