Formulas
Calculate specific gravity of platinum
What is
d=Psubstance/Pwater?
Observing, hypothesizing, experimenting
What are the three major steps of the scientific method?
Method of measurement that works best for irregularly shaped solids?
What is fluid displacement.
Fallacy occurs when a premise includes the assumption that the conclusion is true.
Refers to the decimal places in a measurement that have physical meaning.
What is significant digits?
Convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit
What is
F = 9/5(C+40) - 40The hypothesis can be proven false if one or more of its predictions are false.
What is when a hypothesis is said to be falsifiable?
The ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a standard.
What is specific gravity?
Fallacy assuming that a change in one factor caused a change in another factor, just because the second change occurred after the first.
What is posy hoc fallacy?
Refers to how close several measurements are to each other.
What is precision?
Convert from Celsius to Kelvin
What is
K = C + 273.15
Organizing data and researching the findings of other scientists' data is involved.
What is observing?
The mass of a certain volume.
What is density?
Proposition containing if/then statement.
What is hypothetical proposition?
Refers to how closely a measurement matches the actual value.
What is accuracy?
Calculate the density of a necklace
What is
p = m/v
Formulating a tentative explanation to answer a scientific problem.
What is hypothesizing?
Methods that can be used to find the volume of a sold.
What are geometric formulas, fluid displacement, direct measurement.
Attacking a person making an argument instead of challenging their facts, premises or reasoning.
What is ad hominem fallacy?
The answer is rounded to the same number of significant digits are the least significant factor.
What is used to find the answer in multiplication and division using significant digits?
calculate the volume of a plastic toy giraffe
What is
V object = V final - V initial?
Ability of other scientists to reach the same conclusion by performing the same by performing the same experiment under different conditions and by performing other experiments.
What's reproducibility?
The technique of converting units by multiplying a value by an appropriate conversion factor.
What is dimensional analysis?
If Bridget can play the piano, then she is a musician.
Bridget can play the piano. Therefore, Bridget is a musician.
What is affirming the antecedent?
Results are rounded to the last place that is significant in the least accurate measurement.
What is the results in addition and subtraction with significant digits?