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| Life Science | The study of living things |
| Scientific Method | A series of steps that scientists use to answer questions and solve problems |
| Hypothesis | A possible explanation or answer to a question |
| Controlled Experiment | An experiment that tests only one factor at a time |
| Variable | A factor in a controlled experiment that changes |
| Technology | The application of knowledge, tools, and materias to solve problems and accomplish tasks; technology can also refer to objects used to accomplish tasks |
| Compund Light Microscope | A microscope that consists of a tube with lenses, a stage, and a light source |
| Area | The measure of how much surface an object has |
| Volume | The amount of space that something occupies or the ammount of space that something contains |
| Mass | The amount of matter that something is made of; its value does not change with the objects location |
| Temperature | A measure of how hot or cold soemthing is |
| Independent Variable | The purposefully changed factor in an experiment |
| Dependent Variable | The condition that results from changing the independent variable in an experiment |
| Constants | The condiition that remain the same in an experiment |
| Control | The standard for comparison in an experiment |
| Materials | The supplies needed to conduct an experiment |
| Procedure | Steps taken in performing an experiment |
| Data | Recorded observations and measurements. This incudes time intervals changes in measurements, and changes in quality and quantity. |
| Trials | Repeating the experimental process reduce the efforts or chance for errors |
| Meniscus | The curve of a liquid in a container due to adhesion |
| SI | International System of Units (The Metric System) |
| Theory | An explanation that has been backed by repeated tests and experiments |
| Law | Generalization of observation data that desribes patterns and relationships |
| Qualitive | Dealing only with the nature of the substances under consideration |
| Quantitave | Dealing with the ammounts (measurements) of the substances under consideration |
| Mean | The average |
| Range | Difference between highest and lowest measurements |
| Outliers | Data that lies outside the normal range |
| Median | Middle number in set of data |
| Mode | Number bthat occurs most often |
