Unit 1 + 2 Flashcards
(60 cards)
How to work faucets and gas
Righty tighty for water and parallel for gas
What’s chemistry?
The study of matter and the changes that it undergoes
Matter
Anything that has mass and volume
Mass
A measurement of the amount of matter in an object, measures in grams
What’s used to measure mass?
A balance is used to measure mass
Difference between weight and mass
Weight dependent on gravity, mass is the amount of matter
What’s volume and how’s it measured?
Anything that takes up space, measured in mL
What’s used to measure volume?
Graduated cylinder
Organic chemistry and examples
Chemicals containing carbon, pharmaceuticals and plastics
Inorganic chemistry
Matter that doesn’t contain carbon; minerals, metals, nonmetals
What’re diatomic molecules?
Molecules composed of ONLY 2 atoms
Control group
Reference group to the experimental group that contains no IV
Title of an experiment
The effect of IV on DV
Hypothesis
Educated guess on the effect of IV on DV. Made after making observations + research
Hypothesis format
If the IV is changed *a certain way*, then the DV with change *this way*.
of trials
The more, the better/ more accurate
Are hypotheses proven?
Hypotheses are never proven, always subject to additions research
Theory
Explanation that has been supported by many experiments, always changeable based on new data
Scientific Law
Relationships supported by many experiments, and for which NO EXCEPTION has been found
According to the scientific method, what happens if the hypothesis is rejected based on the conclusion?
Reformulate + retest
2 types of data
Qualitative: physical characteristic related to 5 senses Quantitative: numerical data
X axis is always labeled
IV
Y axis is always labeled
DV
Direct relationship
Both variables (IV + DV) increase/decrease / / /