Terms
What is the amount of matter in an object?
Mass
What is the ability to do work?
Energy
What is a tentative explanation?
Hypothesis
What is an indirect measurement of an object’s thermal energy?
Temperature
How many sig figs are in the number 13.00580
7
What is science put to use?
Technology
What is the substance of the physical world?
Matter
What is an artificial situation that a scientist uses to test their hypothesis?
Experiment
What temperature scale do most nations use?
Celcius
5.31+ 2.6=
7.9
What is the study of the interactions between matter and energy?
Physics
What is the universally accepted scientific measurement scale?
SI system
What is a theory that has stood the test of time?
Scientific law
What is the scale that is used by scientists?
Kelvin
Convert 45 C to Fahrenheit
113F
What is the repeatability of a measurement?
Precision
What is specific gravity?
The ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a standard.
List the three main steps of the scientific method
Hypothesizing, observing, experimenting
What is the coldest possible point?
Absolute Zero
Calculate the volume of a rec. prism that is 5 ft. high, 6 ft wide, and 10 ft long.
300 cu. ft.
What is the principle of causality?
The universe is lawful and orderly and operates according to physical laws.
What are the three ways to measure volume?
Direct measurement, fluid displacement, and geometric formulas
What is a logic error in which the conclusion does not follow the evidence it is based on?
Non sequitur
What is the freezing point of water in the Kelvin scale?
273.15 K
Calculate the density of a 5.00 cm^3 block of wood with a mass of 30.5 g.
6.10 g/cm^3