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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a pendulum? | a mass hanging from a fixed point that is free to swing back and forth |
| What is a cycle? | any motion or activity that repeats itself |
| What is a variable? | anything that you can change in an experiment that might affect the outcome |
| What is an independent variable? | the variable that is changed |
| What is a dependent variable? | the variable found as the outcome of the experiment |
| What are standards? | rules set to be sure everyone does the experiment the same |
| What is an experiment? | an investigation to find out how variables affect outcomes |
| What is a controlled experiment? | an experiment in which one variable is changed and the outcome is compared to a standard |
| What is capacity? | the greatest amount of fluid (water) a container can hold |
| What is a system? | an organized plan or method to do something |
| What is a two-coordinate graph? | shows the outcome of a series of experiments when a variable is changed by steps |
| On a two-coordinate graph, where does the independent variable go? | on the x axis (bottom) |