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Flashcards by dionne Sebastian, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by dionne Sebastian
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| Question | Answer |
| data | Information collected in an experiment |
| error | Is the discrepancy between a computed observed or measured value or condition and the true value or condition |
| primary data | Data collected by yourself |
| mistake | is an error that someone can be blamed for |
| secondary data | Data collected by someone else form some other source. |
| hypothesis | An educated guess on what will happen |
| variable | An element, feature or factor liable to change |
| controlled | A variable that is controlled and stays the same |
| independent variable | A variable that is changed during an experiment |
| dependent variable | A variable that is measured during an experiment |
| fair test | is when the test is conducted in such a way that the data collected from that test is as accurate as it can be. |
| atom | The smallest component of an element |
| molecule | A group of atoms bonded together representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound. |
| element | An element is a substance with only one kind of atom |
| compound | 2 elects that are bonded together through a chemical reaction |
| metal | A hard solid material that is an electrical and thermal conductor |
| non-metal | An element that is not a metal and does not resemble any characteristics of a metal |
| malleable | A metal that can be hammered into sheets |
| brittle | A metal that is hard and rigged but is not strong, breaking easily into fractures like glass |
| periodic table of elements | A table of chemical and natural elements arranged in columns of similar chemical structures and characteristics and the row of increasing atomic number |
| monoatomic | Consisting of one atom |
| alloy | The combination of a metal with one or more metals or other substances |
| mixture | 2 or more substances that are combined together but do not go through a chemical reaction |
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