Miscelaneous
a way of learning about the natural world based on evidence and logic
What is science?
Asking a question
What is the first step in the scientific method
What is matter?
a pure substance
What is an element?
the mass of one atom of an element
What is atomic mass
to understand how and why things happen
What is the goal of science?
Something that is testable and falsifiable
What is a hypothesis?
a measure of the amount of matter in a substance or an object
What is mass?
this reflects how closely packed the particles of matter are
What is density?
the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
What is the atomic number?
the process of drawing a conclusion based on evidence
What is reasoning?
The thing you measure in an experiment
What is the dependent variable?
What is weight?
D=M/V
What is how density is calculated?
What is the atomic weight?
a well tested explanation that unifies observations
What is a theory?
An observation that has been repeated over and over and is generally considered to be true
What is a fact?
the amount of space that a substance or an object takes up
What is volume?
properties that can be measured or observed only when matter undergoes a change to become an entirely different kind of matter
What are chemical properties?
A combination of two or more substances in any proportion
What is a mixture?
a statement that explains what will happen every time in a given situation
What is a scientific law?
What is data?
Method used to measure the volume of an irregularly shipped object
What is displacement?
properties that can be measured or observed without matter changing to an entirely different substance for example things that you can see, hear, smell, or feel
What are physical properties of matter?
a combination of two or more elements in fixed proportions
What is a compound?