Physical Science Unit One: The Nature of Science

Science is a ____________________ based on inquiry that helps develop explanations about events in nature.

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Physical Science

• Deals with living things

• studies matter and energy

• investigates earth and space

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What is an experiment?

• A procedure to test the effect of one thing on another using a control

• a quantity that can have more than a single value

• a factor that does not change

• the standard by which the test results can be compared

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What is a variable?

• A procedure to test the effect of one thing on another using a control

• a quantity that can have more than a single value

• a factor that does not change

• the standard by which the test results can be compared

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What is a constant?

• A procedure to test the effect of one thing on another using a control

• a quantity that can have more than a single value

• a factor that does not change

• the standard by which the test results can be compared

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What is a control?

• A procedure to test the effect of one thing on another using a control

• a quantity that can have more than a single value

• a factor that does not change

• the standard by which the test results can be compared

True or False: An experiment does not need to be repeatable.

• True

• False

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What is a scientific theory?

• an explanation of things or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations

• A statement about what happens in nature and that seems to be true all the time

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What is a scientific law?

• an explanation of things or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations

• A statement about what happens in nature and that seems to be true all the time

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What is true about scientific theories?

• They never change

• They can support laws

• They will never become laws