Unit 1 Flashcards
Science
The art of observation
Observation
The use of the five sense to make sense of our surrounding
-quantitative/qualitative
Quantitative
Describe observation with measurements number
Qualitative
Describing observations using adjectives
Key points of measurement
Accuracy~ using equipment correctly
Precise~ being consistently able to verify measurements
Bias
Looking at evidence from a point of view influenced by your life
Uncertainty in science
Science cannot answer all questions
Ideas are subject to change unless proven otherwise
Skepticism in science
Skeptic questions for the sake of discovery that are open to possibilities but evidence needs to be seen
Law
Tell us what happens
Theory
Tells us why something happens
Alchemy
Quest for eternal life/youth
-early form of investigation of nature
Al geber
The father of chemistry
-made and used sophisticated equipment
-kept notebooks
-made inks, glazed, dyes, glues, and soaps
Al razi
Started classifying matter by it’s chemical properties
Robert Boyle
Western father of chemistry
-called for rigor in investigation to make chemistry a serious science
-said that theories need to be backed up with experiments that follow the scientific method
-stated that matter is not made out of three or four elements but is made up of atoms and clusters of atoms in motion
Phlogiston
Early idea of something like carbon dioxide
Believed to be released from both burning object and breathing organisms
Organisms die and objects stop burning if the space to release phlogiston is restricted
