Physics: Concepts and definitions

The science concerned with describing the interactions of energy, matter, space, and time; it is especially interested in what fundamental mechanisms underlie every phenomenon

• Chemistry

• Physics

• Biology

• Mathematics

System of measurement that includes units of measurement such as feet, gallons, and pounds.

• SI units

• CGS units

• English units

• FGP units

System of units that scientists in most countries have agreed to use; includes units such as meters, liters, and grams

• English units

• CGS units

• FGP units

• SI units

Physics that was developed from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century

• Naturalism

• Scientific method

• Classical physics

• Modern physics

Physics that includes the study of relativity, quantum mechanics, or both

• Modern physics

• Scientific method

• Classical physics

• Naturalism

Method that typically involve few structured steps and is the main methodology to investigate in science starting with an observation and follow the strategy to accept or refuse the initial idea

• Theory

• Scientific

• Model

• Law

An explanation for patterns in nature that is supported by scientific evidence and verified multiple times by various groups of researchers

• Law

• Theory

• Model

• Scientific

Simplified description that contains only those elements necessary to describe the physics of a physical situation

• Model

• Scientific

• Law

• Theory

Description, using concise language or a mathematical formula, a generalized pattern in nature that is supported by scientific evidence and repeated experiments

• Scientific

• Model

• Law

• Theory

The degree to which repeated measurements agree with each other

• Precision

• Accuracy

• Error

• Approximation