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Physics - correct answer✔✔The study of forces, energy, motion
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Chemistry - correct answer✔✔The study of atoms and molecules, their structures, and their interactions to
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form substances ||\\||\\
Earth science - correct answer✔✔The study of the Earth's structure and composition, and processes that
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change Earth ||\\||\\
essential attributes of science - correct answer✔✔Studies the natural world
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Uses testable ideas
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Relies on data from observations/experiments
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Presented for evaluation by other scientists ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
Leads to further questions/research
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variables - correct answer✔✔The changing quantities in an experiment
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independent variable - correct answer✔✔What you change in an experiment on purpose ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
dependent variable - correct answer✔✔The variable that changes because of an independent variable
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control variable - correct answer✔✔The variable(s) you don't want to study, need to be either eliminated
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or kept constant
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observational study - correct answer✔✔When systems are observed as they appear in nature, researchers ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
do not attempt to change them
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physical model - correct answer✔✔A model of a physical phenomenon, such as a planetary system
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conceptual model - correct answer✔✔A model used to visualize things that cannot be seen, such as atoms
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, mathematical model - correct answer✔✔A model that treats physical objects/phenomena using ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
mathematical methods ||\\||\\
computer model - correct answer✔✔A detailed, complex model calculated by a computer
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principle of falsification - correct answer✔✔Principle that only falsifiable statements can be subject to
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scientific inquiry ||\\||\\
hypothesis - correct answer✔✔A testable statement about how something in nature works
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law - correct answer✔✔A concise statement that is supported by scientific evidence and repeated
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experiments, describes a widespread pattern in nature (what) ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
theory - correct answer✔✔A statement that explains a wide range of observations, supported by a large
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body of scientific evidence (how/why)
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meter - correct answer✔✔Base unit of length
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kilogram - correct answer✔✔Base unit of mass ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
second - correct answer✔✔Base unit of time
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kelvin - correct answer✔✔Base unit of temperature
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Derived units - correct answer✔✔What is produced when the base units/quantities are combined
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Speed - correct answer✔✔The name for the distance traveled divided by an interval of time
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Volume - correct answer✔✔Term for the amount of space an object occupies
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Liquid displacement - correct answer✔✔Method of determining the volume of an object by measuring the
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amount of liquid it displaces ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
exam with correct answers ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
Physics - correct answer✔✔The study of forces, energy, motion
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Chemistry - correct answer✔✔The study of atoms and molecules, their structures, and their interactions to
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form substances ||\\||\\
Earth science - correct answer✔✔The study of the Earth's structure and composition, and processes that
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change Earth ||\\||\\
essential attributes of science - correct answer✔✔Studies the natural world
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Uses testable ideas
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Relies on data from observations/experiments
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Presented for evaluation by other scientists ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
Leads to further questions/research
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variables - correct answer✔✔The changing quantities in an experiment
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independent variable - correct answer✔✔What you change in an experiment on purpose ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
dependent variable - correct answer✔✔The variable that changes because of an independent variable
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control variable - correct answer✔✔The variable(s) you don't want to study, need to be either eliminated
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or kept constant
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observational study - correct answer✔✔When systems are observed as they appear in nature, researchers ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
do not attempt to change them
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physical model - correct answer✔✔A model of a physical phenomenon, such as a planetary system
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conceptual model - correct answer✔✔A model used to visualize things that cannot be seen, such as atoms
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, mathematical model - correct answer✔✔A model that treats physical objects/phenomena using ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
mathematical methods ||\\||\\
computer model - correct answer✔✔A detailed, complex model calculated by a computer
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principle of falsification - correct answer✔✔Principle that only falsifiable statements can be subject to
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scientific inquiry ||\\||\\
hypothesis - correct answer✔✔A testable statement about how something in nature works
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law - correct answer✔✔A concise statement that is supported by scientific evidence and repeated
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experiments, describes a widespread pattern in nature (what) ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
theory - correct answer✔✔A statement that explains a wide range of observations, supported by a large
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body of scientific evidence (how/why)
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meter - correct answer✔✔Base unit of length
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kilogram - correct answer✔✔Base unit of mass ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
second - correct answer✔✔Base unit of time
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kelvin - correct answer✔✔Base unit of temperature
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Derived units - correct answer✔✔What is produced when the base units/quantities are combined
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Speed - correct answer✔✔The name for the distance traveled divided by an interval of time
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Volume - correct answer✔✔Term for the amount of space an object occupies
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Liquid displacement - correct answer✔✔Method of determining the volume of an object by measuring the
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amount of liquid it displaces ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\ ||\\||\\
