Science Concepts and Definitions

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Temperature scales

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Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, Rankine

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Accuracy

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How close the result of the experiment is to the ideal score/perfect score.

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Precision

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How close to one another is the result of your experiment.

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Law of conservation of matter

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States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.

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Law of Definite Proportion

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Same element = same mass (equal in mass).

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Law of Multiple Proportion

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Using 2 elements to make compounds can be expressed by the use of small number beside the symbol.

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Democritus

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Atoms are tiny, hard and uncuttable.

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John Dalton

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Atoms are solid round spheres that can't be destroyed or reconstructed.

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J.J. Thomson

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An atom consists of positive and negative charge distributed like the plum pudding model.

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Rutherford

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An atom consists of positive and negative charges orbiting the nucleus.