The Basics
A body of knowlegde and provides wonderful careers for many people
What is Science? pg 2
Botany
Observation made using one of the 5 senses
What is Qualitative? pg 5
You can't see what it's made of but we know it has mass and volume
What is matter? pg 41
The energy an object has due to its motion
What is kinetic energy? pg 50
Life Science, Physical Science and Earth and Space Science
What are natural sciences? pg 3
The study of objects and matter outside the Earth's atmosphere and of their physical and chemical properties.
What is astronomy?
Observation made using instruments such as a ruler, balances, beakers, thermometers, etc...
What is Quantitative? pg 5
The study of matter falls under this branch of science
What is chemistry? pg 41
Changes that produce new substances
What is a chemical change? pg 68
Gathering information using senses or with the aid of instruments
What is Observation? pg 5
The study of matter and energy and how they interact through forces and motion
What is physics? pg 4
It is light blue in color
Qualitative
In science, each kind of matter is called this
What is a substance? pg 43
The physical property of a liquid to resist flowing
What is viscosity? pg 59
Have been well tested by many experiments and have a large amount of supporting data
What is a theory? pg 13
This science deals with the study of non living things
What is Physical Science? pg 4
What is Quantitative?
The are 3 types of matter
What are solids, liquids and gas? pg 49
A tentative explanation for one or more observations or proposed answer to a question
What is a hypothesis? pg 8
What is an Inference? pg 15
The study of atmospheric phenomena that tries to explain and predict natures behavior
What is Meteorology?
This will always have a number in them
The 4th state of matter we observe in the universe
What is plasma? pg 49
Useful simplification used to make it easier to understand things that might e too difficult to directly observe
What is the scientific model? pg 16