Acceleration
Intro to Sci.
Kinds of Science
Prefixes
SI units
100

What is Acceleration?

Rate of change 

100

Science 

Process of learning about the natural world based on evidence and logic 

100

Biology 

the study of life 

100
Kilo

= 1000

100

What is the bass number?

10
200

1 of 3 ways to Accelerate? (+)

Speed up 

200

Scientific Theory  

An explanation that is widely supported  

200

Chemistry 

the study of matter and changes it undergoes 

200

Hect(o/a)

=100

200

Time

Seconds

300

1 of 3 ways to Accelerate?(-)

Slow Down

300

Scientific Laws 

Statement describing what always happens under certain conditions in nature  

300

Physics 

The study of energy and its interactions with matter 

300

Deka

= 10
300

Mass 

Kilograms

400

Scalar Quantity 

Only Magnitude 

400

Independent Variable 

What I can change

400

Earth Science 

the Study of earth and space

400

Deci

= .1

400

Length 

Meters 

500

Vector Quantity

Magnitude and direction

500

Dependent variable 

What changes because of what I did 

500

(Extra) Astrology

The study of celestial objects and space

500

Centi

=.01

500

Temperature 

Kelvin

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