CHEMISTRY Flashcards
What is Chemistry?
Helps us understand the world around us
Deals with the composition, structure and properties of substances and with the transformation that they undergo
Chemistry is the study of?
The study of matter and the changes it undergoes
Understanding most others field of science requires an understanding of Chemistry
Central Science
Why study Chemistry?
It impacts our everyday lives
Daily needs for food, clothing and shelter
Improvement of Health care
New materials and technology that have improved the quality of our lives.
Conservation of natural resources
Protection of our environment
Scientific Method is?
A series of steps followed by scientific investigators to answer specific questions about the natural world
Scientific Method:
- Define Problem
- Gather Data ( background research, recording information , making observations)
- Formulate Hypothesis
- Test your hypothesis ( Design and perform experiments)
- Analysis/ Interpretation of data
- Draw conclusion
Qualitative data is to general description/observation; Quantitative is to?
Numbers obtained from measurements
Tentative explanation for a set of observation
Hypothesis
Scientific Method goes on until the hypothesis can be proven correct by?
Scientific Experiment