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unit 1
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Chemistry
10th Grade
09/01/2009

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Chemistry
Definition
The study of matter and the changes that it undergoes...
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Matter
Definition
Anything that has mass and takes up space...
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Mass
Definition
A measure of the amount of matter...
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Weight
Definition
A measure of an amount of matter and also the effect of Earth's gravitational pull on that matter...
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Pure Research
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A type of scientific investigation that seeks to gain knowledge for the sake of knowledge itself...
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Applied Research
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A type of scientific investigation that is undertaken to solve a specific problem...
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Technology
Definition
The practical use of scientific information...
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Base unit
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A defined unit in a system if measurements that is based on an object or event in the physical world and is independent of other units...
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Accuracy
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Refers to how close a measured value is to an accepted value...
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Precision
Definition
Refers to how close a series of measurements are to one another
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