Introductory Chem Chap 1 Flashcards
Hypothesis
A tentative interpretation or explanation of the observations
A good hypothesis is falsifiable means?
Further testing has the potential to prove it wrong
What’s experiment in “scientific method”?
Highly controlled observations designed to validate or invalidate hypothesis
Scientific law
A brief statement that summarizes past observation and predicts future ones.
“In a chemical reaction, matter is neither created nor destroyed”
“The law of conservation of mass”
“Atomic theory”
All matter is composed of small indestructible particles called atoms.
Theory
Models that explain and give the underlying causes for observations and laws.
What’s chemistry?
Chemistry is the science that tries to understand how matter behaves by studying how atoms and molecules behave.
