Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Communicating

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Sharing ideas and conclusions with others through writing and speaking.

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Constant

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Something invariable or unchanging

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Density

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Mass per unit volume

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Ensure

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To make sure certain, or safe; guarantee

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Graph

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A ‘picture’ of your data

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Inferring

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Explaining your observations

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Interact

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To act upon one another

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Length

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Distance from one point to another

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Mass

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Measure of the amount of matter an object contains

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Minimizes

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Reduces or keeps to a minimum

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Observing

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Using one of more senses to gather information

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Opinion

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Personal preference, thoughts, or views

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Physics

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Study of matter, energy, motion, and forces and how they interact

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Potential

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capable of development into actuality

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Predicting

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

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Science

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The study of the natural world

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Scientific inquiry

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Refers to the different ways scientists study the natural world

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Significant

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Having or likely to have an influence or effect

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Volume

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Amount of space an object takes up

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Weight

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Measure of the force of gravity on an object

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Chemistry

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The study of the properties of matter and how matter changes