factor being observed or measured in an experiment
What is a dependent variable?
200
a push or pull
What is a force?
200
a substance that cannot be reduced to a simpler substance by chemical means
What is an element?
200
Transmission of heat through a medium without the motion of the medium
What is conduction?
200
electromagnetic radiation that lies within the visible range
What is light?
200
the factor that is changed in an experiment in order to study changes in the dependent variable
What is an independent variable?
300
The number of cycles or waves per unit time
What is frequency?
300
When an object is not moving
What does neutral mean?
300
Heat transfer in a gas or liquid by the circulation
What is convection?
300
A fundamental state of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape
What is liquid?
300
a procedure that is carried out and repeated under controlled conditions in order to discover, demonstrate, or test a hypothesis; includes all components of the scientific method
What is an experiment?
400
the force that keeps us on earth
What is gravity?
400
The part of the atom that has zero charge
What is a neutron?
400
a form of energy resulting from the temperature difference between a system and its surroundings
What is heat?
400
The amount of matter an object contains
What is mass?
400
the event, condition, or factor that can be changed or controlled in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment
What is a variable?
500
Newton's first law
What is inertia?
500
The part of an atom that has a positive charge
What is a proton?
500
a quantity that describes the capacity to do work; a source of usable power
What is energy?
500
A solid, liquid, or gas
What is matter?
500
a plan of inquiry that uses science process skills as a tool to gather, organize, analyze, and communicate information