Chemistry Vocabulary: Introduction to Chemistry

The study of the composition of matter and the changes that matter undergoes

• chemistry

• biology

• geology

• physics

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a logical, systematic approach to the solution of a scientific problem

• engineering design process

• scientific method

• pseudoscience

• environmentalism

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information obtained through the senses; in science, usually involves a measurement

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• inference

• observation

a proposed explanation for an observation

• educated guess

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• experiment

a repeatable procedure used to test a hypothesis

• experiment

• conclusion

• data collection

• inference

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the variable that is changed on purpose during an experiment; manipulated variable

• responding variable

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constant variable

the variable that is observed during an experiment; responding variable

• manipulated variable

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• constant variable

a well-tested explanation for a broad set of observations

• theory

• scientific law

• hypothesis

• experiment

a concise statement that summarizes the results of many observations and experiments

• conclusion

• hypothesis

• scientific law

• theory