Units & Standards
An exact quantity that people agree to use to compare measurements.
Standard
CER
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning
The three main categories of Science
Life Science
Earth Science
Physical Science
The pattern of investigation procedures
Scientific Method
The fifth step in the Scientific Theory
Analyze data
The amount of space occupied by an object
Volume
International System of Units
Anything that takes up space and has mass
Matter
Tests the effect of one thing on another using a control
Experiment
an explanation based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations and the results always support the hypothesis
Theory
The mass per unit volume of a material
Density
ISS
International Space Station
An educated guess/possible answer to a question or a possible solution to a problem based on what you now and what you observe
Hypothesis
A quantity that can have more than a single value.
Variable
The first step in the Scientific Theory
State the problem
A measurement of the quantity of matter in an object
Mass
NASA
A factor that does not change
Constant
Its value changes according to the changes in the other variables.
Dependent Variable
The third step in the Scientific Theory
Form a hypothesis
Prefixes are used with the names of the units to indicate what multiple of ____ should be used with the units
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Chicago Collegiate High School
CCHS
tests the effects of one thing on another using a control
Experiment
Represents an idea, event or object to help people better understand it
Model
The fourth step in the Scientific Theory
Test the Hypothesis