GENERAL SCIENCE Flashcards
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
NATURE, PROPERTIES OF THE UNIVERSE, AND ITS CONTENTS
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
LIVING ORGANISMS AND LIFE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
HUMANS, SOCIETY, AND INTERACTIONS
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
SYSTEMATIC METHOD OF GATHERING DATA
CONTROLLED SETUP
THE STANDARD SETUP
EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
SETUP WHERE SOMETHING IS CHANGED
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
VARIABLE THAT IS NOT AFFECTED BY OTHER FACTORS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
VARIABLE THAT IS AFFECTED BY OTHER FACTORS
CONTROLLED VARIABLE
VARIABLE THAT IS KEPT THE SAME FOR ALL SETUPS
MANIPULATED VARIABLE
VARIABLE THAT IS DIFFERENT IN EACH SETUP
INDUCTIVE REASONING
REPEATED OBSERVATION, SPECIFIC TO GENERAL, AND THE BASIS OF EXPERIMENTAL CONCLUSIONS
DEDUCTIVE REASONING
ESTABLISHED FROM PRINCIPLES, GENERAL TO SPECIFIC, AND BASIS OF RESEARCH CONCLUSION
DIRECT RELATIONSHIP
SAME PROPORTION
INVERSE RELATIONSHIP
OPPOSITE PROPORTION
POWER RELATIONSHIP
SAME PROPORTION BUT RAISED TO N
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
DIGITS IN A NUMBER ARE CONSIDERED IMPORTANT; THE FIRST NON-ZERO NUM AND ALL NUMS AFTER ARE SIGNIFICANT
IF THE GIVEN NUMBER IS DECIMAL
DRAW AN ARROW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
IF THE GIVEN NUMBER IF WHOLE
DRAW AN ARROW FROM RIGHT TO LEFT