Ch 1 Vocab - Chem

the pursuit of chemical knowledge for its own sake.

• organic chemistry
• applied chemistry
• pure chemistry
• experimentation

the science concerned with the composition of matter and the changes that matter undergoes

• chemistry
• pure chemistry
• biochemistry
• applied chemistry

describes an object that can be seen only under magnification

• macroscopic
• microscopic
• experiment
• biochemistry

field of study that is concerned with the chemistry of living organisms

• analytical chemistry
• organic chemistry
• biotechnology
• biochemistry

applies science to the production of biological products or processess

• biochemistry
• applied chemistry
• biotechnology
• scientific method

a method of testing a hypothesis

• scientific method
• experiment
• technology
• biotechnology

a proposed explanation for what is observed that has yet to be tested

• theory
• experiment
• scientific law
• hypothesis

describes many observations but does not explain them

• theory
• experiment
• scientific law
• hypothesis

a well-tested explanation for a broad set of observations

• theory
• experiment
• scientific law
• hypothesis

anything that can change in an experiment

• constant
• variable
• manipulated variable
• independent variable