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| The study of matter and the change that 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 gravitational pull on that matter |
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| A type of scientific investigation that seeks to gain knowledge for the sake of knowledge itself |
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| A type of research 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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