Chemistry-Chapter 1

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Vocabulary from Chapter 1: The Chemical World
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The science that tries to understand how matter behaves by studying how atoms and molecules behave Chemistry
A way of learning that emphasizes observation and experimentation Scientific Method
Measures or describes something about the physical world Observation
Tentative interpretation or explanation of the observations Hypothesis
Highly controlled observations designed to validate or invalidate hypotheses Experiment
A brief statement that summarizes past observations and predicts future ones Scientific Law
In a chemical reaction, matter in neither created nor destroyed Law of Conservation of Mass
A proposed explanation for observations and laws Theory
A theory stating that all matter is composed of tiny particles called atoms Atomic Theory
The assigning of a number to an observation so as to specify a quantity or property precisely Quantification
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