Chemistry-Chapter 1

Question	Answer
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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