What is Physical Science?
Scientific Inquiry
Measurement
Misc.
Graphs in Science
100
Physical Science is divided into two main areas: chemistry and __________
What is Physics?
100
Using one or more of your senses to gather information
What is observing
100
A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results is a _______________
What is scientific theory?
100
What you should do first if an accident occurs during a lab.
Report to the teacher.
100
The vertical axis of a line graph is called the ____ axis.
What is y?
200
You are __________ when you explain or interpret the things you observe.
What is inferring?
200
A cubic centimeter is a unit for measuring _________
What is length?
200
SI units of measurement are based on multiples of _____.
What is 10?
200
A __________ shows the overall trend of all the data taken in an experiment.
What is a best fit line?
300
A way of learning about the natural world.
What is Science?
300
In an experiment, the one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis is called the _________ variable.
What is Manipulated?
300
Density can be calculated by dividing mass by ________.
What is volume
300
Significant Figures in a measurement include the digits that have been measured exactly, plus one digit whose value has been _________.
What is estimated?
300
A line graph shows how changes in a ____________ variable correspond to changes in a__________ variable.
What are responding and manipulated?
400
______________ is the study of matter, and the changes they undergo
What is Chemistry?
400
Scientists use this to this to represent objects or processes that cannot be directly observed.
What is a model?
400
The term that refers to how close a measurement is to the true or actual value.
What is accuracy?
400
The sum of masses 3.1 g and 9.295 g to the correct number of significant figures is ___________
What is 12.4g?
400
The steepness of a graph line is called its
What is slope?
500
Publishing an article in a scientific journal is one way that scientists ____________ their conclusions.
What is communicate?
500
A measure of the amount of matter an object contains.
What is mass?
500
If 10. g of corn syrup takes up 7.25 mL, the density of corn syrup is ________
What is 1.4 g/mL?
500
You measure the length of 24.0 cm, 24.1 cm, and 24.2 cm. The actual length is 29.0 cm. This measurement is __________ but not __________.
What is reproducible, accurate?