Scientific investigation
What is an experiment?
an organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions.
what is matter?
any thing that has mass and takes up space.
what is technology?
the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
what is the basic metric unit of length?
meter
what is an hypothesis?
a testable idea or explanation.
what is mass?
the amount of matter an object contains.
what is an trade-off?
an act of giving up one advantage to keep the other.
what is the basic metric unit of volume?
liter
what is an independent variable?
a variable that is changed by the scientist on purpose.
what is weight?
the gravitational force on an object.
what is an prototype?
the test model of a product.
what is the basic metric unit of mass?
gram
what is data?
information gathered by observation.
what is volume?
the amount of space the object takes up.
what is the unit of density?
g/cm3
what is density?
mass/volume