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malleability
The ability of a substance to be hammered into thin sheets
ductility
The ability of a material to be stretched in the long thing wires
Control group
The group of samples not exposed to the independent variable
physical properties
characteristics that describe matter including characteristics such as size, shape, color, and mass
conductivity
The ability of a material to transfer heat or electricity between its particles
density
The amount of matter packed into a given volume
reactivity
how likely or vigorously an atom will react with other substances or in the presence of other substances
Controlled experiment
An experiment in which only one condition changes at a time
experiment
in orderly process to observe phenomenon, ideally under controlled conditions
toxicity
How much damage a substance will due to a particular organism
Chemical properties
characteristics that describe how a matter changes its chemical structure or composition
pure science
Using science to understand how and why things work
worldview
the perspective from which a person sees and interprets all of life
experimental group
the group of samples exposed to the independent variable
dependent variable
the variable in a controlled experiment that changes in response to variations in the independent variable
variables
factors that change
trials
repeated experiment season multiple samples; more trials provide more conclusive results
independent variable
The variable in a control experiment that is purposely changed by the scientist
flammability
how likely a substance Will burn or not
Applied science
using science to solve real world problems