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Force and Motion
Term | Definition |
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Control | the substance, object or group in an experiment that is NOT changed |
Experiment | an experiment in which all the variables are kept the same EXCEPT for the 1 being tested. |
Force | a push or pull that can change the position or motion of an object |
Friction | a force that acts in an opposite direction to movement or rub together |
Gravity | a force that pulls an object towards each other |
Magnetism | a force that pushes or pulls a magnetic material across a distance, attraction |
Motion | a change in the position of an object |
Position | the place where something is located, where something has been put |
Pull | the act of applying force to move something towards or with you |
Push | the act of applying force in order to move something away |
Reliability | the extent to which an experiment, test, or investigation provides the same results on repeated trials |
Hypothesis | an idea that can be tested by experiment or observation. If ___, then___. |
Conclusion | information describing what was learned from an investigation based on observations and collected data |
Variable | a condition in an experiment that is changed in order to determine the effect of that change |
texture | the feel or look of a surface |
material | anything used for building or making something else. |
essential | necessary, needed |
inertia | the tendency for a moving object to keep moving and for an object at rest to remain at rest |