Chapter 1 Vocab
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BriannaLaRosiliere on August 22, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Physics | Studies the nature of basic things such as motion, force, energy, matter, heat, sound, light, and composition of atoms. |
| What does Physics help? | To understand other sciences. |
| Galileo and Francis Bacon are the Founders of what? | The Scientific Method. |
| What is the Scientific Method | Recognize a problem. form a hypothesis. Gather data. Form a conclusion. |
| Fact | Agreement about a phenomena by competent observers. |
| What is a Hypothesis? | An educated guess with very little evidence. |
| Law or principle | A phenomena that has been tested many times and not contradicted. |
| Theory | Large body of information that will be well tested and verified hypothesis about certain aspects of the natural world. |
| What is a Scientific Hypothesis? | An educated guess that must be testable. If there is no way to test for "wrongness" it is not a scientific hypothesis. |
| Speculation | When something cannot be proven wrong. Ex: the moon causes people to act crazy. |
| What is Science? | Method of answering theoretical questions. |
| Technology | Method of solving practical problems. |
| Science is concerned with what? | Discovery and recording natural phenomena. |
| Arts is concerned with what? | The value of human interactions as the pertain to the senses. |
| Religion is concerned with what? | The source, purpose, and meaning of everything. |
| How does math help science? | When scientific findings are expressed mathematically they are easier to prove or disprove. |
| What happens when evidence contradicts a hypothesis? | It must be changed or abandon. |
| Natural Philosophy | The study of un answer questions about nature. |
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