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| In an experiment, a variable that does not change when other variables change. |
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| Standard used for comparison of test results in an experiment. |
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| Factor that changes as a result of changes in the other variable. |
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| Factor that, as it changes, affects the measure of another variable. |
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| Explanation of things or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investiagtions |
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| Mass per unit volume of a material |
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| Amount of space occupied by an object |
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| Amount of matter in an object |
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| Standard unit for measuring mass |
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| Standard unit for measuring liquid volume. |
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| Standard unit for measuring length |
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| Distance an object travels per unit of time |
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| Rate of change of velocity |
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| The speed and direction of a moving object. |
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| Force that opposes the sliding motion between two touching surfaces. |
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| Attractive force between two object that depends on the masses of the an objects and the distance between them. |
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| Gravitational force exerted on an object. |
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| Force that opposes the motion of objects that move through the air. |
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| A net force that is directed toward the center of a curved or circular path. |
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| Energy a moving object has because of its motion. |
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| Stored energy an object has due to its position |
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| Gravitational Potential Energy |
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| Energy stored by objects due to their position above Earths |
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| Sum of the potential energy and Kenetic energy in a system |
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| Law of Conservation of Energy |
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| States that energy can never be created or destroyed. |
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| Device that makes doing work easier by increasing the force applied to an object changing the direction of an applied force, or increasing. |
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| Ratio of the output work done by the machine to the input work done on the machine, expressed or stretched. |
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| Transfer of energy that occurs when a force makes an object move. |
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| Ratio of the output force exerted by a machine to the input force applied to the machine. |
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| Transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles in matter at a higher temperature an particles in matter at a lower temperature. |
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| Transfer of thermal energy in a fluid by the movement of warmer and cooler fluid from one place to another. |
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| Transfer or thermal energy by electromagnetic waves. |
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