Physical Science Exam Definitions
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- Prediction of the results of a scientific experiment.
- Hypothesis
- What is changed or manipulated in an experiment
- Independent Variable
- What is measured at the end of an experiment.
- Dependent Variable
- Set up to give something to compare the experimental group to.
- Control
- Contains the independent variable.
- Experimental Group
- The things that stay the same in an experiment between the both groups.
- Constant Factors
- The amount of space an object takes up -- Mass/Distance
- Volume
- The amount of matter in any object -- Distance/Volume
- Mass
- Mass divided by volume.
- Density
- The force of attraction between all objects in the universe.
- Gravity