Chemistry Quarter 1 Vocabulary

A testable explanation for a phenomenon that forms the basis for scientific inquiry

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Law

• Experiment

The study of matter and the changes that it undergoes

• Physics

• Earth Science

• Chemistry

• Experiments

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God's commandment to mankind to have dominion over the world that He created

• Creation Mandate

• The Great Commandment

• Worldview

• Presupposition

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A scientific model that describe a phenomenon, often in mathematical terms

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Law

• Scientific Method

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Anything that takes up space and has mass

• Volume

• Weight

• Mass

• Matter

A worldview that is based on a belief that matter is all that exists and that human reasoning informed by science is the only reliable path to truth

• Atheist

• Naturalism

• Christianity

• Science

An assumption about the world that is the basis of his worldview

• Presupposition

• Worldview

• Biases

• Theory

Data in the form of numbers that is determined through measuring

• Quantitative Data

• Qualitative Data

• Theory

• Law

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Data in the form of words that is used to describe something

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

• Theory

• Law

The process by which scientists answer scientific questions known as the scientific method

• Scientific Inquiry

• Experimental Method

• Analysis

• Conclusion