Energy Concepts and Variables

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What is the study of our Earth and Universe using observations and experimentation to answer questions?

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Science

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What type of energy is stored in a person or object?

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Potential Energy

Front

What is the trial group that does not get the treatment, used as a comparison in an experiment?

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Control

Front

Who is a person that answers questions about the natural world and universe using experiments?

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Scientist

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What do we call any factor in an experiment that remains the same or constant between groups?

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Constant

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What type of energy is associated with an object's position in a gravitational field?

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Gravitational Potential Energy

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What is the principle that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed?

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Conservation of Energy

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What is the variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment?

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Independent Variable

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What is the variable that is measured in an experiment?

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Dependent Variable

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What do we call a factor that can change in an experiment but is not controlled?

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Uncontrolled Variable