Physics Science Chapter One Key Terms, Answer and Question for Exam

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The extent of a surface.
Area
Compares two situations in which all the influencing factors are identical except on.
Controlled experiment.
Measument information used to descibe something .
Data
Defined as mass per unit volume.
Density
When two variable increase or decrease together in the same ratio they are said to be?
Direct proportion.
Systems were originally based on parts of the human body,
English system
A statement that describes a relationship where the quanities on one side of the equal sign are identical to the quanities onthe other side.
Equation
A recreation of an event or occurrence in a way that enables the scientist to support or disapprove a hypothosis.
Experiment
Length, mass, time, charge.
Fundamental properties
A tentitive thought or experiment derived explanation.
Hypothesis
Sometime one veriable increases while a second variable decreases in the same ratio.
Inverse proportion
The standard unit for mass in the metric systems, or the mass of a certain mental cylinder kept by the international buerau of weights and measures in france.
Kilogram
The volume of 1000 cm3 also defines a metric unit that is commonly used to measure liquid volume.
Liter
The process of comparing a property to a well-defined agreed upon referent
Measurements
A standard unit for lenghgt in the metric system
Meter