The Nature Of Science Flashcards
Bias
a preference for or against one idea, thing or person.
Constant
a quantity that is unknown but assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context.
Control
is one in which the subject or a group would not be tested for the dependent variable
Density
a mass of a unit volume of a material substance.
Dependent variable
it is something that depends on other factors.
Experiment
is the variable being tested in a scientific experiment.
Graph
that represents the variation of a variable in comparison with that of one or more other variables.
Hypothesis
an idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world.
Independent Variable
It is a variable that stands alone and isn’t changed by the other variables you are trying to measure.
Mass
quantitative measure of inertia, a fundamental property of all matter.
Model
a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events or processes.
Scientific law
the description of an observed phenomenon
Scientific method
a method of procedure that has characterized natural science
Standard
an object or experiment that defines the unit of a physical quantity.
Technology
the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
