CHEM 101 | 164 Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

chemistry - the study of matter and the changes it undergoes scientific method - a systematic approach to research qualitative data - general observations quantitative data - comprising of numbers obtained by measurement hypothesis - a tentative explanation for a set of observations law - a mathematical relationship that is consistently found to be true theory - a general principle or body of principles that has been developed to explain a wide variety of phenomena (this is NOT a wild guess) two major goals of science - prediction and control two "better" goals of science - understanding and explanation four basic rules of good science - 1. results should be reproducible by others 2. detailed research results should be reviewable 3. conclusions should be reasonable and unbiased 4. "give credit when credit is due" physics - chemistry in motion