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How well the results of an experiment agree with the accepted value.

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Accuracy

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A compound that produces hydrogen ions in solution, is a hydrogen-ion donor, or an electron-pair acceptor.

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Acid

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This is a process of interpreting experimental results.

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Analysis

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Equipment which digitally measures the mass of an object.

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Analytical Balance

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This is to observe carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, or possible results.

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Analyze

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This is a graphical means of quantitative comparison by rectangles with lengths proportional to the measure of the data or things compared.

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Bar Graph

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This is a container used for mixing or heating of chemical solution.

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Beaker

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This is an unwanted influence on a sample.

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Bias

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This is a toxic biological substance or disease-causing organism that is hazardous to the health of people.

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Biohazard

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This is the use of biological processes, organisms, or systems to manufacture products intended to improve the quality of human life.

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Biotechnology

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Equipment used for heating chemical reactions.

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Bunsen Burner

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This is a metric temperature scale based on water's freezing and boiling points.

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Celsius

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This refers to two or more people working together towards a common goal or researching a common topic.

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Collaboration

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This is a type of lab equipment in which students use probes, interfaces, and software for real-time data acquisition, display, and analysis with a computer or calculator.

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Computer Probeware

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This is a type of diagram which shows of a set of relationships between factors that are believed to impact or lead to a target condition; a diagram that defines theoretical entities, objects, or conditions of a system and the relationships between them.

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Conceptual Model

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This is an answer deduced from the analysis of data.

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Conclusion

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There is a __________ between two variables when values from one can be used to predict values of the other. This is not the same thing as causation.

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Correlation

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This term describes a substance which will destroy or irreversibly damage another surface or substance with which it comes into contact. The main hazards to people include damage to the eyes, the skin, and the tissue under the skin.

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Corrosive

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A vessel made of graphite or porcelain used for melting or heating materials at high temperatures.

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Crucible

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This is the act of writing down the required information you get from a laboratory experiment.

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Data Collection

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This is a compilation of information, usually quantitative, that represents measures of a variable or set of variables.

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Data Set

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This is the correct method of recording numerical information from an experiment.

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Data Table

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This is the observed variable in an experiment or study whose changes are determined by the presence or degree of one or more independent variables. When graphed, this variable is usually on the vertical axis.

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Dependent Variable

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The relationship between two variables such that y = kx if k is a nonzero number. Also, as one quantity increases, the second quantity increases or as one quantity decreases, the second quantity decreases.

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Direct Variation

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This is the act of safely removing or discarding of harmful chemicals from the lab.

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Disposal

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A device that forms an image by focusing beams of electrons onto a specimen.

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Electron Microscope

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This is an error due to some type of equipment malfunction. Often the calibration of the instrument has not been carried out or is faulty.

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Equipment Error

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This is data from an experiment, which is used to verify or reject the original hypothesis in the conclusion.

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Evidence

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Scientific procedure followed to obtain results for analysis. This is also a means to test a hypothesis.

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Experiment

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This is the condition which is changed within experiment.

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Experimental Variable

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This is what you would use if a chemical accidentally got past your safety goggles and into your eye.

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Eye Wash

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This is what you would use in your classroom if something accidentally caught on fire.

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Fire Extinguisher

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This is a container used for storage of chemical solutions.

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Flask

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In the second law of motion it is Mass X Acceleration. The ability to apply a change in velocity on a given object.

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Force

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This is to be unjustifiably credited with a particular accomplishment or quality; based on deceit.

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Fraudulent

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This is a large table with an air vent and a protective glass shield, used for working with hazardous chemicals and microorganisms.

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Fume Hood

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This is a container used for measurement of the volume of a liquid.

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Graduated Cylinder

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This is the image obtained by plotting all the points of an equation or inequality. A visual representation of scientific data.

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Graph

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This is any unwanted by-products remaining in the environment and posing a potential hazard to human health or life.

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Hazardous Waste

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This is a prediction of the outcome of scientific processes based on analysis.

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Hypothesis

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This is the manipulated variable in an experiment or study whose presence or degree determines the change in the dependent variable. When graphed this is graphed usually on the horizontal axis.

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Independent Variable

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This is the process of making a prediction based on the results of prior observations of similar events.

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Inference

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This is the act of trying to find the answer to an unknown question by the use of experimentation and research.

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Inquiry

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