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Mrs. Connelly Vocab
Science vocabulary for test 9-26-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| explaining data | Inferencing |
| variable that is changed in an experiment | Independent Variable |
| variable that changes as a result of a change in the independent variable | Dependent Variable |
| variable(s) that stay the same in an experiment | Control |
| reasonable guess that can be tested and is based on what is known and what is observed | Hypothesis |
| tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion | Inertia |
| amount of matter in an object | Mass |
| a push or pull | Force |
| two or more forces whose effects cancel each other out and do not change motion of an object | Balanced Force |
| two or more forces acting on an object that do not cancel, and cause the object to accelerate | Unbalanced Force |
| force that acts to oppose sliding between two surfaces that are touching | Friction |
| attracts and pulls objects with mass towards each other | Gravity |
| unit that measures force | Newton |
| tool that measures force in Newtons | Springscale |