C165 Integrated Physical Sciences
Key Terms:
- Physics – study of forces, energy, and motion
- Chemistry – Study of atoms and molecules
- Earth Science – Focuses on earth’s structure and composition, as well as the processes that change earth
- Chemistry – the study of properties and interactions of substances
- Atoms – make up all living and nonliving things
- Molecules – made up of small atom particles that bond together
- Variables: the changing quantities in an experiment
- Physical Model – a good model explains current observations and predicts new ones
- Conceptual Models – used to visualize things that cannot be seen , such as atoms
- Mathematical Model – treat physical objects or phenomena using mathematical methods
- Principle of falsification – only falsifiable statements can be subject to scientific inquiry
- Hypothesis – a testable statement about how something in nature works
- Law – a concise statement that is supported by scientific evidence and repeated experiments and describes a widespread pattern in nature
- Theory – a statement that explains a wide range of observations and that is supported by a large body of scientific evidence
- Big bang theory – describes how the universe developed
- Field Study – observational studies done outside a laboratory setting
- Density – depends on the material itself, not on the object’s size or mass
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