10878120450 | Science | An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world. | 0 | |
10878131686 | Scientific Method | A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions. | 1 | |
10878139814 | scientific hypothesis | a possible and testable answer to a scientific question or explanation of what scientists observe in nature | 2 | |
10878144718 | Data | Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations. | 3 | |
10878152259 | Model | A representation of an object or event | 4 | |
10878163443 | scientific theory | a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations | 5 | |
10878167815 | peer review | evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field. | 6 | |
10878173525 | scientific law | A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions | 7 | |
10878179963 | Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space | 8 | |
10878179964 | Element | A pure substance made of only one kind of atom | 9 | |
10878184374 | Compound | A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds | 10 | |
10878184375 | Isotope | Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons | 11 | |
10878187964 | Atom | Smallest particle of an element | 12 | |
10878202216 | Molecule | A group of atoms bonded together | 13 | |
10878202217 | Ion | A charged atom | 14 | |
10878204963 | ph | hydrogen ion concentration | 15 | |
10878209673 | organic compounds | Compounds that contain carbon | 16 | |
10878212951 | physical change | A change in a substance that does not involve a change in the identity of the substance | 17 | |
10878214814 | chemical change | A change in matter that produces one or more new substances | 18 | |
10878218374 | chemical reaction | the process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances | 19 | |
10878229595 | Law of Conservation of Matter | Matter is not created nor destroyed in any chemical or physical change | 20 | |
10878231969 | Energy | the ability to do work | 21 | |
10878231970 | kinetic energy | energy of motion | 22 | |
10878234019 | potential energy | stored energy | 23 | |
10878238819 | thermal energy | Heat energy | 24 | |
10878238820 | electromagnetic radiation | a form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space | 25 | |
10878246689 | first law of thermodynamics | Energy can be transferred and transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed. | 26 | |
10878249232 | second law of thermodynamics | Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe. | 27 | |
10878254799 | System | A group of parts that work together as a whole | 28 | |
10878254800 | feedback loop | allows the receiver to communicate with the sender and thereby informs the sender whether the message was received and decoded properly | 29 | |
10878263867 | ecological tipping point | Point at which an environmental problem reaches a threshold level, which causes an often irreversible shift in the behavior of a natural system. | 30 |
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