The Nature of Sciences 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.
Density
the amount of mass per unit of volume.
Dependent Variable
It is something that depends on other factors.
Experiment
a scientific test in which you perform a series of actions and carefully observe their effects in order to learn
Graph
that represents the variation of a variable in comparison with
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 Method
: principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem,
Standard
experiment that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measurement of a physical quantity.
Control
one in which the subject or a group would not be tested for the dependent variable(s).
Scientific Law
the description of an observed phenomenon.
Scientific Theory
carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world that has been constructed using the scientific method,
Technology
the application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life
Variable
anything that can change or be changed.
Volume
The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space.
SI
Système international
