CHEM103 Quiz: Exam 1 study guide finished (Chapter 1 and 2 test)
5 Oct 2016
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The scientific method and its terminology: method. A phenomenon about which component observers can agree with. A general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted. Can be written as a mathematical relationship or statement. Tentative interpretation or explanation of the observations for a hypothesis to be considered scientific, it must be testable (falsifiable). it must, in principle, be capable of being wrong. Data never proves a hypothesis to be correct; it only supports a hypothesis. An unifying explanation of a scientific phenomena: a synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested hypotheses about certain aspects of the natural world. Kinetic: energy associated with motion potential: energy associated with position or composition: total energy = kinetic + potential, thermal energy. Energy associated with the temperature of an object. Know the prefix multipliers from mega to nano.
