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F&M #2: Speed
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Speed | how far an object travels in a given amount of time |
| Average Speed | the TOTAL distance an object travels in the TOTAL time taken |
| Rate | any quantity that is measured with respect to another measure quantity ex) Speed |
| Variable | any of factor in an experiment that COULD CHANGE, changing a variable COULD affect the outcome |
| Manipulated Variable | a factor (variable) whose affect you are testing; the variable in an experiment that is changed by the experimenter from trial (or changed from group to group) |
| Responding Vaiable | the variable in an exxperiment that is measured or observed to see IF IT CHANGED because you changed something else. |
| Independent Variable | this variable is something we suspect will CAUSE something else to change |
| Dependent Variable | this variable changes in RESPONCE to something else changing first. its an effect |
| Controlled Variable | any variable in the experiment that could effect the outcome if it was allowed to change. it is kept the same |