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GENERAL SCIENC ‘
SCIENCE — a systematized body of knowledge based on facts These facts are ob
observations, studies, researches, and experimentation. aed fg
1 FIELDS OF SCIENCE
A. NATURAL SCIENCE
1, PHYSICAL SCIENCE - the study of non-living matter
a. Physics — study of matte, its properties and behavior
b. Chemistry ~ study of mater. its composition, and the changes it undergoes
«Meteorology — study of 12x 10° = 2 significant figures
> 1.20x 10° =3 significant figures
10300 = 3, 4, or 5 significant figures > 1.03 x 10" = 3 significant figures
> 1.030 x 10°=4 significant figures
> 1.0300 x 104 =5 significant figures
b.
6 Exact numbers can be treated as if they have in
applies to many definitions between units
Example: There are 12 inches in |
foot > the number 12 1s exact and we need not worry
about the number of significant figures in it
finite number of significant figures. This rule