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34 Cards in this Set
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SCIENCE
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A WAY TO GATHER AND ORGANIZE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD
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SCIENCE
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COLLECTION OF FACTS ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD AROUND YOU
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DATA
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INFORMATION GAINED BY RESEARCH OR EXPERIMENTATION
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CONSTANTS
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FACTORS IN AN EXPERIMENT THAT ARE KEPT THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE EXPERIMENT
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VARIABLE
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THE FACTOR THAT IS CHANGED BY THE PERSON DOING THE EXPERIMENT
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD
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PROCEDURE OR TECHNIQUE USED BY SCIENTISTS TO INVESTIGATE A QUESTION THEY MAY HAVE
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FACT
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AN AGREEMENT ABOUT MANY OBSERVATIONS MADE BY QUALIFIED SCIENTISTS
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SCIENTIFIC THEORY
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AN IDEA THAT EXPLAINS WHY AND HOW SOMETHING HAPPENS
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MODELS
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PHYSICAL OR MENTAL REPRESENTATION OF AN IDEA, CONCEPT OR THING
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METRIC SYSTEM
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SYSTEM OF MESASUREMENT USED THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE WORLD TODAY
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SI UNIT FOR LENGTH AND SYMBOL
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METER
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SI UNIT FOR MASS AND SYMBOL
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KILOGRAM
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SI UNIT FOR VOLUME AND SYMBOL
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LITER
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SI UNIT FOR TIME AND UNIT
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SECOND
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KILO
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1000
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CENTI
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1/100
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MILLI
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1/1000
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VOLUME
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THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AN OBJECT OCCUPIES
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CUBIC METER
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UNIT FOR MEASURING THE VOLUME OF A SOLID
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MASS
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THE AMOUNT OF MATTER THAT AN OBJECT CONTAINS
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MASS
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ALWAYS STAYS THE SAME NO MATTER WHERE THE MEASUREMENT IS TAKEN
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WEIGHT
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FORCE OF GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION ON THE MASS OF A BODY
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WEIGHT
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VARIES DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION OAN AN OBJECT
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DENSITY
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TELLS HOW MUCH MATTER IS PACKED INTO A GIVEN VOLUME OF SPACE.
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GRAMS PER CUBIC CENTIMETER
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UNIT FOR MEASURING DENSITY
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WILL FLOAT
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HAPPENS WHEN THE DENSITY OF OBJECT IS LESS THAN THE DENSITY OF THE LIQUID
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WILL NOT FLOAT
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HAPPENS WHEN THE DENSITY OF OBJECT IS GREATER THAN THE DENSITY OF THE LIQUID
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SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
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WAY OF WRITING A VERY LARGE OR VERY SMALL NUMBER IN A SIMPLER FORM
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DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
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MATHEMATICAL WAY OF CONVERTING FROM ONE UNIT OF MEASUREMENT TO ANOTHER UNIT
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GRAPH
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NUMERICAL DATA IN DIAGRAM FORM
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GRAPHS
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CAN BE USED TO IDENIFY TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN DATA
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CIRCLE GRAPHS
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ALLOWS COMPARISON OF ONE PART OF DATA TO ALL THE DATA COLLECTED ---USUALLY GIVEN AS PERCENTAGES
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LINE GRAPHS
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USEFUL FOR COMPARING SETS OF NUMERICAL DATA---ALLOWS DETERMINATION OF PATTERNS IN THE DATA
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TECHNOLOGY
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THE APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC FACTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF USEFUL PRODUCTS
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