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| the study of matter and the changes it undergoes. |
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| anything that has mass and takes up space. |
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| a measure of the amount of matter. |
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| a measure of an amount of matter and also the effect of Earth's gravitation pull on that matter. |
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| a type of sientific ivestigation that seeks to gain knowledge for the sake of knowledge itself. |
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| a type of scientific investigation that is undertaken to solve a specific problem. |
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| the practical use of scientific information. |
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| a defined unit in a system of measurement that is based on an object or event in the physical world and is independent of other units. |
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| refers to how close a measured value is to an accepted value. |
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| refers to how close a series of measurements are to one another; precise measurements show little variation over a series of trials but may not be accurate. |
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