Lab Safety and Scientific Process

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  1. 3. a syringe made of plastic or glass, usually has graduated marks indicating the volume of fluid in the syringe, and is nearly always transparent.
  2. 5. an assumption, an idea that is proposed for the sake of argument so that it can be tested to see if it might be true.
  3. 6. the ability of a microscope to produce an image of an object at a scale larger (or even smaller) than its actual size.
  4. 7. a research method that involves measuring and quantifying characteristics of a phenomenon.
  5. 11. facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
  6. 15. a container used to measure volumes of liquid. Normally made of plastic, measuring cylinders have lines up the side to represent the amount of milliliters the cylinder contains and therefore the volume of liquid.
  7. 16. a deep wide mouthed thin-walled vessel usually with a lip for pouring that is used especially in science laboratories
  8. 17. the act of gathering information for research through subjective methods. Qualitative observation depends heavily on a person's senses: taste, sight, hearing, touch and smell.
  9. 20. the variable that is changed in an experiment
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  1. 1. can be answered by designing and conducting an experiment.
  2. 2. the process of drawing conclusions based on evidence and reasoning.
  3. 4. a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
  4. 5. Plate a flat surface with heating elements.
  5. 8. to study (something) closely and carefully : to learn the nature and relationship of the parts of (something) by a close and careful examination.
  6. 9. an instrument used to measure weight very precisely.
  7. 10. to notice what's going on through your senses
  8. 12. the variable that is being measured
  9. 13. an experimental element which is constant and unchanged throughout the course of the investigation.
  10. 14. a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events or processes.
  11. 18. any item, factor, or condition that can be controlled or changed
  12. 19. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing