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| Understanding info through observation |
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| What are three branches of Biological science? |
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Botany - the study of plants
Zoology - the study of animals
Ecology - the study of the (enviormental) ecosystem |
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| What are the two branches of Physical science? |
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Physics - the study of forces
Chemistry - the study of matter |
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| What are the three branches of Earth science? |
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Geology - the study of rocks and minerals
Meteorology - the study of weather
Astronomy - the study of space |
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| Knowledge for knowledges sake |
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| using science for practical applications |
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Science is discovered because of a problem or curiosity
EX. What is wrong here? Why does this happen? Why is this not working? |
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the ability to access claims critically and make judgements on:
-baisis of objectives
-supported reasons |
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the ability to access claims critically and make judgements on:
-baisis of objectives
-supported reasons |
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| What are the 4 steps of the scientific method? |
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1) state hypothesis
2) preform a controlled experiment
3) Analyze the data
4) Draw conclusions |
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| a factor that effects the experiment |
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| the variable you change in the experiment |
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| a discription using numbers |
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| When you Analyze data you should... |
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-understand the results
-use measurements and calculations
- compare
- graph it |
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explains for an event based on:
-observation
-experimentation
-reasoning
it answers the question 'why' |
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describes how things work based on:
-experiments
-observations
answersthe question 'how' |
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| What do Scientific law & Scientific theory do? |
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-allow predictions to be made
-experiments can be repeated |
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| International system of measurements |
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| Name the the chart of metric prefixes |
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giga - G - 1,000,000,000
mega - M - 1,000,000
Kilo - K - 1,000
heca - h - 100
deca - da - 10
base unit - gram, meter, liter - 1
deci - d - 1/10 or .1
centi - c - 1/100 or .01
mili - m - 1/1,000 or .001
micro - u - 1/1,000,000 or .000001
nano - n - 1/1,000,000,000 or .000000001 |
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| Name the units of measurement |
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-length
-meters
-m
-mass
-kilogram
-Kg
-time
-seconds
-s
-temperature
-Kelvin
-K
-electric current
-Ampere
-A
-amount of a substance
-mole
-mol
-luminous intensity
-candela
-cd |
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a combo of 2 or more base units
EX: Area = lenght x width
weight = mass x acceleration / gravity |
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| Name the Base unit = Prefix with Base unit chart in meters |
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1,000,000,000m = 1Gm
1,000,000m = 1Mm
1,000m = 1Km
100m = 1hm
10m = 1dam
1m = 1m
1m = 10dm
1m = 100cm
1m = 1,000mm
1m = 1,000,000um
1m = 1,000,000,000nm |
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| Name the Metric -> English conversion chart |
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1 in = 2.54 cm
1 ft = 0.3 m
1 yd = 0.91 m
1 mi = 1.61 Km
1 oz = 28.35 g
1 lb = 0.45 Kg
1 gal = 3.78 L
1 ton = 1,000 Kg
1 mL = 1 cm3
1 L = 2.11 pints
1 L = 33.81 fl oz |
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| the amount of money in your account known with certainty... |
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Significant figure
(sig fig) |
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| used to show how precise the measurement is |
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Scientific Notation
(Sci nota) |
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-is a way to express very big or small numbers
-place the decimal point so that there is one non-zero digit to the LEFT of the decimal point
write the remaining sig figs
-count the number of places the decimal point has moved from the original number
- this will be your exponent for 10
- If the original number was less than one its now negative
- if the original number was one or greater its positive
EX: 289,000
2.898
it moved 8 places
2.898 x 10 (8) *the 8 is the exponent* |
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- simply move the decimal point to the RIGHT for a positive exponent of 10
- move the decimal point to the LEFT for a negative exponent of ten
- use zeros to fill in the places
EX: 5.093 x 10 (6)
5,093,000
1.976 x 10 (-4)
.0001976 |
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| adding and subtracting sci nota |
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- add or subtract the base numbers then put the given exponent on the 10
EX: 2.56 x 10 (3) + 6.964 x 10 (3)
2.56 + 6.964
9.52 x 10 (3) |
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