Pd 1 Flashcards
Science
The search for understanding the natural world through systematic observation and experimentation.
Life Science
The study of living things
Earth Science
The study of the non-living parts of Earth and outer space.
Physical Science
A science that contains the two sub-branches of science: Physics and Chemistry.
Physics
The study of forces, energy, and motion.
Forces
A push or a pull.
Energy
The ability to make something move.
Motion
How things move.
Chemistry
The study of matter and the changes it undergoes.
Matter
Anything with mass and volume.
Mass
The measure of the amount of matter in an object.
Volume
The measure of how much space something takes up.
Hypothesis
An specific educated guess or prediction that can be tested
Law
A highly supported statement that cannot be proven, but may possibly be disproven one day, that says what happens but does not explain why. It is often in mathematical form.
Theory
A very strong explanation of why known laws and facts exist. They never become laws.
Opinion
Just what someone thinks or believes.
Inductive Reasoning
Something that is observed personally and then applied to the world. (from specific to general)
Deductive Reasoning
Something observed about the world and then applied to a specific situation. (from general to specific)
Scientific Method
A systematic, organized way to answer a question.
Valid
It is having a basis in logic or fact; it is testable and able to be accepted and repeated.
Control Set-up
The side of the experiment under “Normal Conditions”
Experimental Set-up
The side of the experiment that has the independent variable.
Independent Variable
The one thing you change between the Control Set-up and the Experimental Set-up.
Dependent Variable
What changes because of the independent variable that you measure in the experiment. (This is what you put in your data table