Variables Vocabulary

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What is the amount of matter an object has?

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Mass

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What do we call an invisible push or pull on an object?

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Force

Front

What is a device used to throw things called?

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Catapult/Flipper

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What type of experiment changes only one variable?

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Controlled experiment

Front

What is an investigation designed to find out how variables affect outcomes?

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Experiment

Front

What is the term for the space an object occupies?

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Volume

Front

What is the force that opposes motion between two surfaces?

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Friction

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What do we call the variable that is changed in an 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

Front

What is a systematic way to test a hypothesis?

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Experiment