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| a system of knowledge and the methods you use to find that knowledge |
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| use of knowledge to solve practical problems |
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| Branches of Natural Science |
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Physics
Chemistry
geology
astromomy
botany
zoololgy |
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| An organized plan for gathering, organizing, and communicating information |
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| information that you obtain through your senses |
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| a proposed answer to a question |
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| a well tested explanation for a set of observations |
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| A statement that summarizes a pattern found in nature |
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| representation of an object or event |
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| a variable that causes a change in another |
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| a variable that changes in response to the manipulated variable |
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| an experiment in which only one variable is deliberatley changed at a time |
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| a way of expressing a value as the product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10 |
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G
billion (10^9) 1000000000 |
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m
thousandth (10^-3) 0.001 |
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millionth
(10^-6) 0.000001 |
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n
billionth (10^-9) 0.000000001 |
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| an instrument that measures temperature |
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| a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler sunbstances |
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| smallest particle of an element |
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| a substance that is made from 2 or more simpler sunstances and can be broken down into simpler substances |
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| parts of a mixture that are noticeably different from another |
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| a mixture where you cant see the difference between the 2 substances |
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| a heterogenous mixture that spereates into layers over time |
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| contains some particles that are immediate in size between the particles in a solution and the larger the particles in a suspension |
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| any characteristic of a material that can be observed or measured without changin the composition of the substances in the material |
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| the tendency of a liquid to keep it from flowing |
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| A material's ability to allow heat to flow |
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| the ability of a solid to be hammered without shattering |
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| The temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid |
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| The temperature at which a substance boils |
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| any ability to produce a change in the compostition of matter |
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| a material's ability to burn in the presence of oxygen |
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| The property that describes how readily a substance combines chemically with other substances |
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| occurs when a substance racts and forms one or more new substances |
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| a state of matter in which materials have a definite shape and a definite volume |
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| state of matter in which a material has a definite volume but not a definite shape |
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| state of matter in which a material has neither a definite shape nor a deifnite volume |
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| is the energy an object has due to its motion |
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| the result of a force distributed over an area |
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| p1 times v1 = p2 times v2 |
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| p1 times v1 over t1 = p2 times v2 over t2 |
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| the reversible physical change that occurs when a substance changes from one state of matter to another |
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| the substance absorbs energy from its suroundings |
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| when the system releases energy to its surroundings |
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| phase change in which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas |
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| the process in which a sibstance changes from a liquid to a gas |
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| the phase change in which a substance changes from a solid to a gas |
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| the phase change in which a substance changes from a gas to a liquid |
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| When a gas changes directly into a solid without changing to a liquid |
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