Match the following terms with their definitions:
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Model
Extrapolation
Law
Interpolation
Open Physical System
Closed Physical System
1. Extend a graph (maintaining the
same trend that appears on the
graph): (you are guessing a point
outside the known points)
2.
3.
5.
an artificial representation of a real
system or process, designed to help
understand the structure or
behavior of the actual system or
process open physical system: a
system that can be affected by the
outside environment, by an
exchange of matter or energy
4.
By following the trend on a graph,
you can predict the y-value for a for
an x-value that wasn't plotted but is
within the range of x-values plotted.
(You are guessing between two
known points.)
6.
a system isolated from the outside
environment, which cannot
exchange matter or energy with the
system
a system that can interact with its
environment by exchanging matter
and energy
a scientific theory that has been
tested repeatedly but not refuted;
not immutable and may be altered
as new data becomes available.