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- 4. a workable explanation or description of a phenomenon.
- 5. a standardized system of measurement units used for science. SI stands for International System of Units (from the French Systeme International d'Unites).
- 6. the study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter, and the changes that take place in matter.
- 8. God's command that directs us to exercise wise and good dominion over His creation to the glory of God and for the benefit of fellow humans.
- 10. the defree of exactness of a measurement; can indicate the closeness or repeatability of measurements.
- 12. a model, often expressed as a mathematical equation, that descries phenomena under certain conditions.
- 13. an ongoing, orderly, cyclical approach used to investigate the world.
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- 1. an initial. testable explanation of a phenomenon that stimulates and guides scientific investigation.
- 2. a model that explains a related set of phenomena; can be used to predict unobserved aspects of the phenomena.
- 3. the study of non-living matter and energy.
- 4. data that is based number or quantities; includes a number and a unit; also known as quantitative data.
- 5. the systematic study of the universe that produces observations, inferences, and models, including the products that it creates through this systematic study.
- 7. a system of moral values; a theory of proper conduct.
- 9. the comparison of a measurement to an accepted or expected value.
- 10. the study of matter and energy and the interactions between them.
- 11. the basis upon which a model is assessed, taking account how well it explains or describes a set of observations and how ell the model makes predictions.