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| 1) What are the 6 parts of scientific inquiry? |
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| Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data, Conclusion, Communicate |
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| 2) What are the 4 big ideas in physical science (p. 9) |
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Force & Energy,
The laws of conservation,
Atoms, molecules, and the atomic theory
The behavior of particles of matter in solids, liquids, and gases. |
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| 3) What is the difference between observation and inference? |
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| Observing means using one or more senses to gather information--qualitative or quantitative. Inference is the explanation of those observations. |
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| A possible answer to a scientific question or explanation for a set of observations |
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| The one variable that is purposefully changed |
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| The variable that is expected to change because of the manipulated variable |
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| The amount of space an object takes up |
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| Measure of the amount of matter an object has |
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| A measure of the force of gravity acting on an object |
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| 5) What is important to remember about lab safety? |
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| 6) What are important components of a graph? |
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| 7) Does air have volume? How do we know? |
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8) How do you find volume of a rectangular solid?
What units do you use? |
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| Volume=Length x Width x Height in cm^3 |
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9) How do you find volume of an irregular solid?
What units do you use? |
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| Submerge the object in a graduated cylinder. Subtract the initial volume from the final volume. Convert milimeters to cm^3. |
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| 10) What are the steps of the metric conversion ladder? |
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| Kilo, hecto, deka, deci, centi, milli |
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11) What do the following mean: Kilo, hecto, deka, deci, centi, milli?
How many dekagrams in a kilo? centimeters in a hectometer? |
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Kilo=1,000
Hecto=100
Deka=10
Deci=.1 (one tenth)
Centi=.01 (one hundredth)
Milli=.001 (one thousandth) |
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| 12) How do you calculate density? |
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| 13) How many significant figures in the answer to 2.2579 m * 3.12 m? |
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| There should always be the same number of significant figures in your answer as the shortest number in your calculations. |
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| 14) What is SI and why should we all follow it? |
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| International System of Units |
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14) What is the length of these lines in cm?
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