Intro to Experiments
The study of the material around you and how it reacts with other material
What is chemistry?
Someone who uses observations and a systemic method to study the physical world and how everything is operating
Who is a scientist
Used to measure liquid volume
What is liter?
How much something there is
What is mass?
The curve in the liquid in a cylinder
What is a meniscus?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What is matter?
When proposing a solution a good guess is also called this
What is a hypothesis?
Used to measure length. The system is named for this measurement
What is a meter?
The measure of how strongly one thing is attracted to another by gravity.
What is weight?
Defined as the mass divided by the volume
What is density?
Controlled test to see what happens in a certain situation
What is an experiment?
Changing one thing at a time is called this
What is controlling variables
Used to measure mass
What is a gram
Named after Sir Isaac Newton the metric system unit for weight is called this
What is a newton?
Ability of matter to float
What is buoyancy?
This area of science does not deal with repeatable experiments like observational science.
What is origins science?
Most remembered for his work in accurately measuring temperatures.
Who is Lord Kelvin (William Thomson)
All conversions from one unit to another are multiples of this number
What is 10?
The law of conservation of mass and the law of conservation of energy together make up this law
What is the first law of thermodynamics
Best known for his work in electromagnetism
Who is James Clerk Maxwell
This science can be repeated and or reproduced by other scientists
What is operational science?
Observations that do not involve numbers
What is qualitative observations?
Often referred to as SI from the following French term
What is Systeme International (International System)?
In the English System mass is measured with this unusual unit
What is a slug?
A property that can be measured, studied, and tested without changing the kind of matter being studied.
What is a physical property?