ch. 4 Flashcards

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what is the study of matter and movemet of God´s fisical creation

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science

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of the three steps of the scientific method which one includes carefull measurement, organization of info, data, and extensive research

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observation

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what is the method that consist of three mayor steps of observing, hypothesising, and experimenting

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scientific method

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what is a tentative explanation

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hypothesis

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what is an artificial enviroment design to test a variable

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experiment

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what is the term meaning that a hypothesis can be proven false

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falsifiable

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what does it mean that when a scientist himself receives consistend results

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repeability

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what is the ability if we have multiple scientist get the same results

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reproducibility

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which main type of variable is the result of the experiment

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dependent variable

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what is the variable that i change in the experiment in order to test the dependent

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independent

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which is the gropup in which the independet variable is absent

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control group

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what principle states that events observed in the universe has rational causes

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casuality

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the scope of science is limitted to the study of created matter and energy in the….

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precent

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what may leat to interpret its data in a way that supports its own political, social, or economic views

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bias

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what is a conclusion based on reasoning from evidence

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inference

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what is an statement of fact

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proposition

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what type of proposition has an if/then statement

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hypothetical proposition

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what is a form of inference that is made by saying that the antecedent is true therefore the consequent must be true

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afirming the antecedent

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what form of reasoning has it´s ultimate purpose as to determine cause and effect

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inductive reasoning

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what is essentially a method of difference where all but one factor is the same in every stuation

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method of concomitand variation

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what is refered to a beging the question because the conclution logicaly flows the premises but the premises includes the assumption of the conclution

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circular reasoning

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what is a personal attack

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ad hominem

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what is a term that is missed leadingly used with two different meanings in a single argument

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equivocation

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what is a fallacy in argument, based on someones in authority insted of being an facts or reason

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argument from the authority

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what is the use of science so solve practical problems
technology
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what are the minum characteristics that a desing must needs to function at all
criteria
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what are any characteristics that are require to solve a problem
constrains
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what is given up one characteristic that is less important for a characteristic that is more important
tradeoff
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what is a model of the desing used for testing
prototipe
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what is anything that provides a partial representation of something else
model
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what is described as the substance of the fisical world
matter
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what is the property of matter that resist changes in motion
inertia
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what is any push or pull
force
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what is the ability to do work
energy
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what is the amount of matter that an object has
mass
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what is the amount of gravitational pull on an object
weight
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what is the amount f space that an object has
volume
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what is the mass on a certain volume
density
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what is the equation for density
p=m/v
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what is considered the fourth state of matter
plasma
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which state of matter has a definate shape and volume
solid
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what is an indirect measurement of an objects thermal energy
temperature
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which type of change, changes the identity of a substance
chemical change
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which branch of science is the study the interaction between matter and energy
fisics
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what is the study of the composition and interactions of matter
chemistry
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what branch of academia simes to describe the univers and is the language of science
mathematics
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what is an statement that two expresions are equal
equation
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what is the closseness of a measurement to an exact value
accuracy
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what is the closseness of several measures next to each other
precition
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in an equation what is the most important thing
the equal sign
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1.071 how many sig figures
4
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10.005
5
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0.06003
4
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what is a method to make really large or really small numbers more manageable
scientific notation
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what is a especific measure to which all other measures are compared to ensure uniformiry
standart of measure
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what system of measurement we commonly use in USA
food pound second (FPS system)
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what system of measurement was design by french scientis to replace the FPS system
metric system
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what is the new form of called the metric system
SI system
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metric pre-fix that means 100
centi
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what is the power of 10 associated with centi
10 power -2
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what metric pre-fix is associated to the power of 10 to the 3
kilo
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which temperature scale has zero as the freezing point of water
celcious
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of the three temperature scales is the absolute temperature scale
kalvin
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what is a technique used for converting from one set of units to another set of units
dimentional analysis
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what is the amount of three dimentional spaces that matter takes up
volume
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one method by which i can measure volume
fluid desplacement, actual meassurements, and geometric formuas
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what is the ratio of the density of a substace to the density of a standart
specific gravity
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