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What is Chemistry?
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Chemistry is the science that seeks to understand what matter does by studying what atoms and molecules do.
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The Scientific Method
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A process for trying to understand nature by observing nature and the way it behaves, and by conducting experiments to test our ideas.
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What are the key Characteristics of the Scientific Method ?
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Observation, formulation of Hypotheses, Experimentation and formulation of Laws and Theories.
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What is Observation?
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A way of acquiring information about nature.
eg - The soda is a liquid, brown a sweet. Or, A 240 mL serving of soda contains 27 g of sugar. |
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What is Hypotheses
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A tentative interpretation or explanation of your observations.
eg - the sweet taste of soda is due to the presence of sugar. A good hypothesis is one that is falsifiable. |
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What are Experiments?
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Tests of hypotheses, laws or theories
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What are Laws?
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Summary of observations that combines all past observations into one general statement.
Allows you to predict future observations |
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What are Theories?
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General explanation for the characteristics and behavior of nature.
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