Scientific Method & Motion
The factor that is changed on purpose during an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
The amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
A force caused by objects touching.
What is a contact force?
The decade was known for disco music.
What are the 1970s?
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
A testable prediction written in an "If...then...because..." format.
What is a hypothesis?
The rate at which velocity changes.
What is acceleration?
A force that resists motion between two surfaces in contact.
What is friction?
This decade introduced the first iPhone.
What are the 2000s?
This sport is played at Wimbledon.
What is tennis?
A graph that shows change over time.
What is a line graph?
The law that states "For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force."
What is Newton's 3rd law?
A drawing that shows all the forces acting on an object.
What is a free-body diagram?
This decade is known for grunge music and the rise of the internet.
What are the 1990s?
This animal is known as the "King of the Jungle".
What is a lion?
A repeated or predictable result in data.
What is a trend/pattern?
An object's resistance to changes in motion.
What is inertia?
The sum of all forces acting on an object.
What is net force?
This decade saw the launch of MTV.
What are the 1980s?
The Olympic rings represent.
What is unity/continents of the world coming together?
The distance and direction from the starting position to the final position.
What is displacement?
The unit used to measure acceleration
What is m/s2?
The unit used to measure force.
What is a Newton?
This decade featured poodle skirts and rock 'n' roll becoming popular.
What are the 1950s?
The largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?