Exam 1 Flashcards
What is a Scientific law
A rule that describes a repeatable pattern or observation
What is explanion?
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Interpation of observation
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1 killo (km)
SI unit prefixes
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1000m - 1x10^3 m
opposite
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What mnumonic is used for unit conversions?
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King Henry Died Unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk
KHDUDCM
What system of measurment does the United States use???
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Imperial System of measurment
What is description?
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Summary/report of observations
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Can science answer all questions?
No it can not
like:(Why are we here? What is a meaingful life? What is moral/right?)
What does 5k stand for?
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5 kilometers
Think about the unit prefixes
What is Percision?
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How similar, consistant, or close repeated measurments are to each other
What measurment system does most of the world use??
Metric system of meausurment
What is how far off a measurement is from the true, actual, or accepted value, as a percentage of that value.
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Percent Error
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What does LARS stand for?
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If you move the decimal to the left, add, but if your moving to the right, subtract
think about scientific notation proccess.
What is Science
The investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations.
1 centi
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0.01 m - 10^-2
Century = 100 years
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1 milli
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0.001m - 1x10^-3
Millenium = 1,000
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