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Conceptual Chemistry, 5e, by John SuchockiChapter 1 Vocabulary ReviewSummary of Terms: Reference Chapter 1 Page 19 (10 Terms)Applied research A type of research that focuses on developing applications of knowledge gained through basic research.Basic research A type of research that leads us to a greater understanding of how the natural world operates.Chemistry The study of matter and the transformations it can undergo.Fact Something agreed upon by competent observers as being true.Matter Anything that has mass and occupies space.Nanotechnology An area where we engineer materials by manipulating individual atoms or molecules.Scientific hypothesis A testable explanation for an observable phenomenon.Scientific law A formal statement of a scientific hypothesis that has been repeatedly tested and supported by experimental data. Also known as a principle.Scientific theory A well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations within the natural world.Additional Chapter 1 Vocabulary not on Page 19:Physics The natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time, along with the related concepts of energy and force.Significant Figure Each of the digits of a number that are used to express it to the required degree of accuracy, starting from the first nonzero digit.Scientific Notation is a way of writing very large or very small numbers. When a number is rewritten as a number between 1 and 10 which is multiplied by a power of 10Dimensional Analysis A problem-solving?method?that uses the fact that any number or expression can be multiplied by one without changing its value (also called Factor-Label?Method?or the?Unit?Factor?Method or the Unit-Cancellation Method)Metric System the decimal measuring system based on the meter, liter, and gram as units of length, capacity, and weight or mass.Meter the SI base unit of length (equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches), first introduced as a unit of length in the metric system.Liter the basic unit of volume in the metric system. It is defined as the volume of one cubic decimeterGram the basic unit of mass in the metric system.Apothecary System A historical system of mass and volume units that were used by physicians and pharmacies for medical recipes and also sometimes by scientists.? ................
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