| A | B |
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| Quantitative | of or relating to a quantity (a number); numerical |
| Qualitative | non numerical description (blue, big, has a metalic luster) |
| System | the specific subject of study |
| Surroundings | Everything in a study except the system |
| Hypothesis | testable statement, based on partial understandings of related phenomenon |
| Model | A detailed system of explanations that describe a set of phenomena |
| Phenomenon | An observable event |
| Theory | A broad generalization which explains a set of facts or pheonomena (hypothesis that are well supported with evidence may go on to be this) |
| Scientific Law | A statement of relationships and occurances that have been found to occur all the time in the same way, if done in the same circumstances |
| Mass | The amount of matter in a sample |
| Weight | A measure of the force of Gravity exerted on an object |
| Volume | The amount of space an object occupies |
| Density | How tightly packed the matter is in an object (how closely packed the matter is per unit area; how many protons/neutrons/and electrons there are per unit area) |
| Conversion Factor | A ratio used to convert a measurement from one unit to another |
| Accuracy | How close a measurement is to the real value (or accepted value) |
| Precision | How consistent the measurements are using the same instrument and technique, or to what degree an instrument gives consistent results |
| Percent Error | A statiscical indication of how far off a calculation was from the accpeted value in percentage |
| Signifcant Figures | All the certain digits in a measurement plus one uncertain digit |
| Directly Proportional | If the independant variable goes up, and the dependant variable also goes up |
| Inversely Proportional | If the independant variable goes down, the dependant varibale goes up |
