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Which step of the scientific method involves formulating a tentative explanation to answer a scientific problem?
Hypothesizing
What property causes matter to resist changes in motion?
Inertia
Express the number 2,200,000 in scientific notation.
2.2 X 10^6
What system of measurement adds a prefix to each basic unit to make it larger or smaller?
The metric (system)
Define "mass"
The amount of matter in an object.
How many sigfigs are in 1000.10
6
What prefix is added to a unit to indicate one-thousandth?
Milli-
Define "temperature"
The measure of an object's thermal energy
Define "weight"
The amount of gravitational pull on an object
The system of measurement accepted as the standard for scientific and technical purposes is the ________________________.
The International System of Measurement (System International or SI)
The sentence "If soil is rich in nitrogen, then grass will grow in it" is known as a _____________________.
Hypothetical Proposition
The ability to do work is called _______?
Energy
The ability of other scientists to reach the same conclusion by performing the same experiment under different conditions is called _________________.
Reproducibility
What is reasoning from specific evidence to a more general conclusion called?
Inductive Reasoning
Define "volume"
The amount of space an object occupies
What is the SI unit for mass?
Kilogram
A specific measure to which other measures are compared to ensure uniformity is called a(n) ______________________.
Standard of measure
The closeness of measurement to a quantity's actual value is called _______________.
Accuracy
What metric prefix represents a unit to the power of 10^-2?
Centi-
What logical fallacy involves assuming that one thing causes another because it occurred before the other?
Post hoc fallacy
Express the number 4.8 X 10^-7 in standard form.
0.000 000 48
Predicting the difference in flight distance of a hand-launched airplane and a rubberband-launched airplane is an example of what method of reasoning?
Method of difference
What fallacy occurs when a single term is ambiguously used with two different meanings in a single argument?
Equivocation
The sum of 9.21m, 12.2m, 13.022m is 34.432m. What is the answer using correct sigfigs?
34.4m
What is the best way to determine the volume of a large, irregularly shaped solid?
Fluid Displacement