Investigation 1 Vocabulary "Motion and Variables"

amount of matter in an object or substance

• motion

• mass

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

action or process of moving or of changing position; movement

• mass

• "apply a force"

• motion

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

various factors that cause an object to change its speed, directions, or shape; pushes and pulls are forces

• mass

• gravity

• force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

distance and time traveled by an object

• speed

• mass

• dependent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

force of attraction that all objects with mass have for each other

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

to press upon or against with force in order to move an object

• bob

• push

• pull

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

to draw toward oneself; to draw or tug with force

• push

• pull

• independent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

variable that is intentionally changed or tested to see its effect

• dependent variable

• cycle

• independent variable

this variable is not changed but observed for changes; what is being measured

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• system

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

phrase used by scientists when a force is applied to change motion

• "apply a force"

• dependent variable

• independent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2