the scientific endeavour

Question 1

what is science

Answer 1

the study of natural phenomena in the world

Question 2

what is quantitative data?

Answer 2

numerical quantities of object: phenomenon
numerical=involves measurement, mostly with tools

Question 3

what is qualitative data?

Answer 3

-observations that describe objects/phenomena(characteristics)
-usually in words/ drawings

Question 4

a chair has a greater height than a table

Answer 4

qualitative data

Question 5

the height of a chair is 20m greater than the height of a table

Answer 5

quantitative data

Question 6

what is a hypothesis?

Answer 6

proposed explanation for an observation

Question 7

what is a independent variable?

Answer 7

changed variable

Question 8

what is dependent variable

Answer 8

measured variable

Question 9

what is SI unit for volume

Answer 9

m3

Question 10

SI unit for mass

Answer 10

kg

Question 11

SI unit for time

Answer 11

s

Question 12

SI unit for length

Answer 12

m

Question 13

SI unit for temperature

Answer 13

k

Question 14

what is accuracy

Answer 14

the closeness to the true value of the quantity as possible

Question 15

what is zero error

Answer 15

instrument gives a non-zero reading when measured quantity shld be zero

Question 16

what is parallax error

Answer 16

marking in the instrument is viewed from the wrong angle

Question 17

what is precision?

Answer 17

the closeness of multiple readings to one another
may not be accurate