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,
