What is PS?
The way of learning about the natural world and the knowledge gained by exploring the natural world.
What is science?
A way of changing the natural world to meet human needs or solve problems.
What is technology?
A process that includes the different ways scientists find out about the natural world and propose explanations based on evidence.
What is scientific inquiry?
Anything that has mass and occupies space.
What is matter?
What is weight?
Asking questions and seeking answers.
What is a scientific mindset?
Someone who is trained to use both technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
What is an engineer?
An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated.
What is a controlled experiment?
Color, texture, temperature, state of matter.
What are physical properties of matter?
This does not change with location, even when the force of gravity on the object changes.
What is the amount of matter in an object- mass?
Curiosity, honesty, open-mindedness, skepticism & creativity.
What are the five scientific attitudes?
Identify a need, research the problem, design a solution, build a prototype, troubleshoot/redesign and communicate the solution.
What is the technology design process?
A well-tested scientific concept that explains a wide range of observations.
What is a scientific theory?
The study of properties of matter and how matter changes.
What is chemistry?
The amount of space matter occupies.
What is volume?
Observing, inferring, predicting, classifying and making models.
What are the skills scientists use to learn more about the natural world?
These all have parts that must work together to meet a goal.
What do all systems have in common?
A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions.
What is a scientific law?
Flammability, oxidation, reactivity with other chemicals.
What are three chemical properties of matter?
Mass divided by volume.
How is Density measured?
Physical science is divided into two main areas.
What are chemistry and physics?
These can deal with numbers or they can be descriptions- using the senses.
What are qualitative and/or quantitative observations?
A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question.
What is a hypothesis?
a single kind of matter that is pure with a specific makeup/composition and specific set of properties.
What is a substance?
Units of mass measured in kilograms (kg) and grams (g).
What is the SI (International System of Units)?