| Term | Definition |
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| analytical chemistry | concerned with the composition of substances |
| biochemistry | the study of the chemistry of living organisms |
| chemistry | study of the composition of matter, the stuff things are made of and the changes it undergoes |
| inorganic chemistry | study of essentially all substances containing no carbon |
| organic chemistry | study of essentially all substances containing carbon |
| physical chemistry | concerning with theories and experiments that describe the behavior of chemicals |
| experiment | testing of hypothesis |
| hypothesis | proposed explanation or reason for what is observed |
| observation | using your 5 sences to obtain information directly |
| scientific law | a concise statement that summarizes the result of many observations and experiments |
| theory | an analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another |
| scientific method | refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomenon, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and intergrating previous knowledge |
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