Chapter 1 vocab 2
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- Science
- process whose goal is to understand the natural world
- variable
- single factor that is isolated and tested in an experiment
- control setup
- part of an experiment that does not contain the variable
- experimental setup
- part of an experiment that contains the variable being tested
- meter
- basic metric unit of length
- liter
- basic metric unit of volume for liquids
- cubic centimeter
- basic metric unit of volume for solids; equal to a milliliter
- Celsius scale
- metric temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees
- scientific method
- systematic approach to problem solving that involves observation and experimentation
- hypothesis
- possible explanation or conclusion about some event in nature; proposed solution to a scientific problem
- data
- recorded observations and information
- theory
- time-tested concept that makes useful and dependable predictions about the natural world
- metric system
- universal system of measurement scaled on the multiples of ten
- mass
- measure of the amount of matter in an object
- weight
- measure of the pull of gravity on a mass
- kilogram
- basic metric unit of mass