Physics - Basic Terminology

process involved in testing a hypothesis

• experiment
• precision
• observation
• accuracy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

size or amount (ex. the size of an earthquake is referred to as its ____)

• magnitude
• force
• velocity
• pressure

a push or pull

• force
• magnitude
• acceleration
• velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

how close a measurement is to the correct value for that measurement

• accuracy
• velocity
• precision
• displacement

the rate at which velocity (speed and direction) changes

• acceleration
• velocity
• speed
• displacement

the instrument on a car that shows your instantaneous speed

• speedometer
• average speed
• acceleration
• velocity

how well repeated measurements generate the same of close results

• precision
• accuracy
• observation
• inertia

speed or velocity at a specific instant in time

• instaneous
• average speed
• acceleration
• inertia

distance traveled divided by the total time it took

• average speed
• instaneous speed
• acceleration
• velocity

science aimed at describing the fundamental aspects of our universe - energy, matter, space, motion, and time

• physics
• biology
• chemistry
• ecology

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4