The Basics
The study of all matter and the change it undergoes
What is chemistry?
Jabir ibn Hayyan
Who is the Father of Chemistry?
Data in the form of numbers determined through measuring
What is quantitative data?
A suggested explanation
What is a hypothesis?
A process that involves randomly selecting representative samples from a larger population
Anything that takes up space and has mass
What is matter?
One of the Alchemists
Who is Isaac Newton? (or Robert Boyle or Francis Bacon)
Data in the form of words used to describe something
What is qualitative data?
A way to observe a natural process, usually under controlled conditions, so that a scientist can know if his hypothesis is right or wrong
What is an experiment?
An idea that consistently explains a certain phenomenon, but can be revised
What is a theory?
This is used to represent, simplify, or explain observations of things in the world
What are models?
Who was the first professor of Chemistry in the US?
The reasoning that proceeds from general statements called premises to a specific conclusion
What is deductive reasoning?
The variable that changes
A statement that describes a recognizable, repeating pattern in nature, and has no known contradictions
What is a law?
The reason we know God created all things
The Father of Modern Chemistry
Who is Antoine Lavoisier?
The reasoning that proceeds from known data to an unknown general conclusion
What is inductive reasoning?
The variable that is not changed
What is the dependent variable?
The group that is affected by the independent variable
What is the experimental group?
The naturalist view of the creation of all things
What is the Big Bang?
Who is William Perkin?
After an experiment or survey, a scientist must formulate his results and have his work examined by other experts
What are these: Ask a question, Make an observation, Experiment, Organize and anylze the data, and Evaluate the Hypothesis
The group that is not affected by the independent variable
What is the control group?