ICP Ch 1

Science

A way of learning about or describing the natural world.

Chemistry

The study of matter

Matter

Anything that has mass and volume (weight and size)

Physics

The study of energy

Energy

The ability to move or change matter

Biology

The study of living things

Geology

Study of the earth

Astronomy

Study of space

Anatomy

The study of location of body parts

Physiology

The study of what the body parts do (their function)

Ecology

the study of the environment

scientific method

A logical way of solving problems

Research

Gathering information about a topic/problem

Hypothesis

An educated guess about a topic/problem

Experiment

Testing a hypothesis

Theory

An idea that has evidence to support it, but not proof

Scientific law

an idea that has been proven

Control Group

A group of things within an experiment which all the conditions remain the same

Experimental Group

A group of things within an experiment in which one condition is changed

Variable

The one thing/condition that is changed in an experiment

Reliability

A measure of the accuracy of the results of an experiment

direct porportion

a relationship between two variables in which they change in the same was as the other

Inverse proportion

a relation between two variables in which they change the opposite way as the other