Details Title: Chapter 1: About Science Description: Vocabulary Cards Total Flash Cards: 7 Created: 08/26/2009 19:01:22		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Physics Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Scientific Method: Definition An orderly method for gaining, organizing, and applying new knowledge. Term Fact: Definition A close agreement by competent observers of a series of observations of the same phenomena. Term Hypothesis: Definition An educated guess; a reaonable explanation of an observation or experimental result that is not full accepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment. Term Law: Definition A general hypothesis statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted. Also known as a principle. Term Principle: Definition A general hypothesis or statement about the realtionship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted; also known as a law. Term Theory: Definition A synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypoyheses about aspects of the natural world. Term Definition