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The Nature of Science
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Metric System
100

A logical interpretation based on reasoning from prior experience

What is an inference

100

The study of matter, energy, motion, and forces, and how they interact.

What is physics

100

Anything that has mass and volume

What is matter

100
Are groups of molecules that are mixed up in a completely even distribution.
What is a solution
100

The basic unit of length in the metric system is the

What is meter

200

Using one or more senses to gather information

What is observing

200
Developing a hypothesis and designing an experiment to test it is part of
What is scientific process/scientific method
200

The building blocks of Matter that consists of Protons (+), Electrons (-), and Neutrons (N).

What are atoms

200

The substance to be dissolved.

What is solute

200

The kilogram is the basic metric unit of

What is mass

300

Making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.

What is predicting

300
The closeness of a measurement to its true value is its
What is accuracy
300
Consists of only one kind of atom, cannot be broken down into a simpler type of matter by either physical or chemical means.
What is elements
300
The one doing the dissolving.
What is solvent
300

The liter is the basic metric unit of

What is volume

400

Known as the facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observation.

What is data

400
The variable that is expected to change because of another variable
What is responding variable
400

Consists of two or more atoms of the same element, or different elements, that are chemically bound together. Example: N + N = N2

What is a molecule

400
Are heterogeneous mixtures consisting of parts that are visible to the naked eye.
What is suspension
400

Each unit in the SI system is larger than the next smallest unit by

What is 10

500

A statement that describes what scientist expect to happen every time under particular set of conditions.

What is scientific law

500
A statement that describes a well tested explanation for a wide range of observation or experimental results.
What is scientific theory
500
Atoms of two or more different elements bound together. Can be separated into elements chemically, but not physically.
What is a compound
500

Uniform distribution mixture.

What is homogeneous.

500

The substances are not uniformly mixed.

What is heterogeneous