Science
An attempt to discover how nature works
preliminary results
What is tentative science?
anything that takes up space
what is matter?
has a positive charge
what is a proton
highly concentrated and found near earths surface
What is high quality matter?
An educated guess
What is an hypothesis?
Another name for tentative science
What is frontier science?
fundamental substance that has a unique set of properties and cannot be broken down into simpler substances
has a negative charge
what is a electron?
Takes place when there is a change in chemical composition
what is a chemical change?
Information needed to answer a question
What is data?
Data, hypotheses, theories, models, and laws that are widely acceptedly most experts in a field
What is Reliable science?
combination of two or more different elements held together in fixed proportions
what is a compound?
has a neutral charge
what is a neutron?
matter undergoes a physical or chemical change, no atoms are created nor destroyed
what s the law of conservation of matter?
approximate representation or simulation of a system being studied
What is a model?
Well tested and widely accepted description of what we find over and over in the same way in nature
What is scientific law?
building block of matter
what is an atom
small and dense center of a atom
energy stored and available for use
what is potential energy?
Well tested and highly accepted set of hypotheses
What is a scientific theory?
should be take very seriously
What is a scientific theory?
idea that all elements are made up of atoms
what is the atomic theory
total number is protons and neutrons
what is a mass number
when energy is converted to one form from another in a physical or chemical change, no energy is lost nor created
What is the law of conservation of energy?