Chapter 1 - Physics First
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 energy | the ability to change or cause change in a system |
| English system | measurements that use inches, yards, and miles |
| experiment | a situation that is set up to observe what happens |
| experimental variable | the specific variable that is being tested within an experiment or investigation; changed by the experimenter |
| hypothesis | an educated guess |
| independent variable | the variable that causes change in the experiment; plotted along the x-axis |
| mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| metric system | measurements based on 10 using meters and grams |
| natural law | a rule that every process in the universe obeys |
| scientific method | a process scientists use to gather evidence |
| speed | distance divided by time |
| variable | a factor that effects the results in an experiment |
| x-axis | horizontal axis, independent variable axis |
| y-axis | vertical axis, dependent variable axis |
| dependent variable | the variable that relies on other another; plotted on the y-axis |
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