Measure
This measures how much matter exists in an object
What is mass
An indication of how close a measurement is to the true value.
What is accuracy
The five parts of the scientific method.
What is purpose, hypothesis, experiment, results/analysis, conclusion.
Any substance that can not be broken down.
What is an element.
The basic building blocks of matter.
What are atoms.
These are the base units for mass and volume in the metric system
What are gram and liter
An indication of the scale on the measuring device that was used.
What is precision
An educated guess that attempts to explain an aspect of the world.
What is hypothesis.
The periodic table is separated into these two classes by a step like line.
What are metal and nonmetal.
This compound when dissolved in water conducts electricity.
What is ionic.
This is how much space an object occupies.
What is volume
A digit that is read from an instrument.
What is significant figures.
This is a hypothesis which is confirmed by rigorous expermentation.
What is a scientific theory.
These substances that can be decomposed into elements by chemical means.
What are compounds.
This compound is made up solely of nonmetal atoms.
What is covalent.
This is a method used for converting between or within systems of units.
What is the factor label method
This gives a way to make zeros significant if they need to be.
What is scientific notation.
Rather than explaining why or how this explains what is happening.
What is a scientific law.
This law states that the proportion of elements in any compound is always the same.
What is the law of definite proportions.
A substance that contains different compounds and elements.
What is a mixture.
The English unit for mass.
What is a slug
When adding and subtracting measurements your answer is rounded this way.
What is with the same precision as the least precise measurement.
This chemist is best known for the development of atomic theory.
Who is John Dalton.
Mixtures can be further classified by these two alliterative words.
What is heterogeneous and homogeneous.