Conversion Factors
The number of feet in 1 yard
What is 3 feet in 1 yard?
This metric prefix is written in scientific notation as 10-2 and is equal to 1/100
What is centi- (c) ?
Knowledge revealed to us by God through special revelation (The Bible) or by general revelation (nature)
What is truth?
Examples of well-known theories in Physics
What are the theory of relativity, the atomic theory, the theory of quantum mechanics?
The way a hypothesis statement is written
What is as an If...Then...Because statement?
The number of seconds in 1 hour
What is 3600 seconds are in 1 hour?
If I have a weight with a mass of 1000 grams this is also equal to 1 what.
What is 1 kilogram?
The steps of the Scientific Method
What are
1. State the problem
2. Research the problem
3. Form a hypothesis
4. Conduct an experiment
5. Collect data
6. Analyze the data
7. Form a conclusion
8. Repeat the work
A physical quantity that has been generally agreed upon as being universal in nature
What is a physical constant?
Ideas which are supported by evidence and represent what we know so far
What is fact or scientific fact?
The number of m3 in 1000 Liters
What is 1 m3 is equal to 1000 Liters?
My USB drive has 1 Megabyte of data left on it after I have used it. This means I have ______ many bytes of storage left.
What is 1,000,000 bytes?
1. The theory accounts for and explains most or all of the related facts
2. The theory enables new hypotheses to be formed and tested
What are the two primary characteristics of a theory?
The speed of light
What is 3.00 x 108 m/s ?
This group in a clinical trial or experiment does not receive any treatment
What is the control group?
The number of feet in 1 mile
What is 5280 feet in 1 mile?
This metric prefix has the Greek letter mu instead of a one letter symbol
What is micro- ?
The parts of the Cycle of Scientific Enterprise
Hypothesis, Theory, Experiment, and Analysis
The physical constant for gravity
What is 9.80 m/s2 ?
The process of using experiment, observation, and logical thinking to build "mental" models of the natural world
What is science?
The number of cm3 in 1 Liter
What is 1000 cm3 ?
The metric prefix nano- is written as this in scientific notation
What is 10-9 which is equal to 1/1,000,000,000?
The ____ variable is the one intentionally manipulated by the researcher in order to change the _____ variable.
What is the explanatory variable and the response variable?
The density of water
What is 998 kg/m3?
What is a lurking variable?