The Nature Of Science

Question 1

Bias

Answer 1

A preference for or against one idea, thing or person.

Question 2

Constant

Answer 2

A quantity unknown but assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context.

Question 3

Control

Answer 3

One in which the subject or a group would not be tested for the dependent variables.

Question 4

Density

Answer 4

A mass of a unit volume of a material substance.

Question 5

Dependent Variable

Answer 5

It is something that depends on other factors.

Question 6

Experiment

Answer 6

A scientific test in which you preform a series of actions done to carefully observe their effects in order to learn.

Question 7

Graph

Answer 7

A diagram that represents the variation of a variable in comparison with.

Question 8

Hypothesis

Answer 8

An idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world.

Question 9

Independent Variable

Answer 9

It is a variable that stands alone and isn’t changed by the other variables you are trying to measure.

Question 10

Mass

Answer 10

A measure of the amount of matter contained in or constituting a physical body.

Question 11

Model

Answer 11

A physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events or processes.

Question 12

Scientific Law

Answer 12

Scientific laws or laws of science are statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena.

Question 13

Scientific Method

Answer 13

The scientific method is an empirical method of acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century. It involves careful observation, applying rigorous skepticism about what is observed, given that cognitive assumptions can distort how one interprets the observation.

Question 14

Standard

Answer 14

An object, system, or experiment that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measurement of a physical quantity.

Question 15

Technology

Answer 15

The definition of technology is science or knowledge put into practical use to solve problems or invent useful tools.

Question 16

Scientific Theory

Answer 16

A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world and universe that can be repeatedly tested and verified in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results.

Question 17

Variable

Answer 17

Anything that can change or be changed.

Question 18

Volume

Answer 18

To the three-dimensional space that is occupied by an object.

Question 19

SI

Answer 19

The International System of Units is the modern form of the metric system. It is the only system of measurement with an official status in nearly every country in the world.