Vocabulary
Pendulums
Life Boats
FOSS Plane
Flippers
100
A mass hanging from a fixed point that is free to swing back and forth.
What is a pendulum.
100
The longer the pendulum the __________ the swings.
What is the fewer.
100
The standard height of the our lifeboats.
What is 3 cm.
100
We predicted and tested how many of these it would take to get all the way down the flight line.
What is winds of the propeller.
100
A device designed to hurl objects over distances.
What is a catapult.
200
Something you can change in an experiment that could change the results of the experiment.
What is a variable.
200
The shorter the pendulum the _______ the swings.
What is the greater.
200
If the number of passengers was the dependent variable in our experiment, then the size of the boat is the what?
What is the independent variable.
200
Adding more rubber bands was how we tested this variable.
What is the power source.
200
The part of the system that hurled the aluminum balls.
What is the flipstick.
300
What you know before doing the experiment, goes on the X axis.
What is the independent variable.
300
How long would you make a pendulum to swing about 12 times in 15 seconds?
What is 38 cm.
300
In order to not tip the boats, we had to do this with our passengers.
What is load gently, or evenly.
300
In order to test this variable, we needed books.
What is slope of the line.
300
When we tested this variable, we shot for distance rather than height.
What is the angle of the base.
400
What you learn by doing the experiment, goes on the Y axis.
What is the dependent variable.
400
The standard launch position for our pendulums.
What is 90 degrees angle.
400
The maximum amount a container can hold.
What is capacity.
400
We discovered when we created our standard that we needed to keep the water still to control this variable.
What is the motion of the ocean.
400
These kept us from pressing our flipstick all the way down.
What are spacers.
500
The basic procedure that we return to whenever we change a variable.
What is the standard.
500
The string, the paper clip, the penny, the tape and the pencil.
What is a pendulum system.
500
Can be used to make predictions once created.
What is a two - coordinate graph.
500
The first person to travel faster than the speed of sound, breaking the "sound barrier."
Who is Chuck Yeager.
500
One and only one variable can be tested at a time in order to call your experiment this.
What is a controlled experiment.
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