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Investigation and Experimentation
What are the steps of Scientific Inquiry?
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1. When designing an experiment, what is the manipulated and responding variable?
2. Manipulated variable: ___________________________________ when graphing, __ axis.
3. Responding variable: ___________________________________ when graphing, __ axis.
4. What are some examples of data in an experiment? ___________________________________
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Measurement:
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The metric system is based on the number ____.
Know the basic units: m_____-length L_____-volume g_____-Mass
Define mass: _________________________________________________________________
Define volume: _______________________________________________________________
What is the formula used to calculate the volume of a rectangular object?
8. Explain how water displacement works______________________________________
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Use graph to the left to answer
questions below:
Graphs:
11.Based on the data, how much
would a ticket cost going
20 kph? _______
12. Based on the trend, how much
would a ticket cost going 20 kph?
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Chapter 9
Describing Motion: Ch.9 Section 1 (pp.338-341)
13. How do you know if an object is in motion? _________________________________________________
14. What is a reference point? _______________________________________________________________
15. Why do we need reference points?________________________________________________________
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Speed and Velocity Ch. 9 Section 2 (pp.342-347)
18. Define speed: __________________________________________________________________________
19. Which of these are examples of speed? (Circle them) Km/hr
Cm/liter
yards per year
light years/century
miles per month inches/gram
liters per week
Be able to calculate the speed of an object:
20. What is the formula for speed: ______________________________________________________
Be able to calculate average speed:
21. What is average speed? _____________________________________________________________
22. What is the formula for average speed: _________________________________________________
23. What does it mean when an object is said to have a “constant speed”? ______________________________
Velocity:
24.Define velocity: _____________________________________________________________________
o ***Changes in velocity may be due to changes in speed, changes in direction, or both.
25. Give 3 examples of velocities: (like the examples for speed at the top of the page)
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Graphing Speed:
Answer the questions below for a
distance-versus-time graph:
26.What does the curved line represent?
27.What does the horizontal line
represent?
28.What do the straight lines represent?
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Acceleration Ch. 9 Section 3 (pp.350-355)
29. Define acceleration: _________________________________________________________________
30. Describe the three types of acceleration and give an example of each:
Type of acceleration
Description
Example
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What is the formula for acceleration:
Graphing Acceleration: Speed of a ball rolling down the street
Answer the questions below for a
speed-versus-time graph:
34.What are the two variables?
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35.What does the straight line represent?
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36. What happened to the speed between 2 and 6 seconds?
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37.How far did the ball move between 2 and 6 seconds?
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38.What is the acceleration between 0 and 2 seconds?
39.When does the ball decelerate?
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40. What does the line segment on the graph from 0 to
represent?
Chapter 10
Ch. 10 Section 1: The Nature of Force (pp.374-377)
41. What is a force? ____________________________________________________________________
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42. The combination of all forces acting on an object is called ___________________________________
43.How do you determine the net force when two objects act in the same direction?
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44. How do you determine the net force when two objects act in opposite directions?
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What is the result of unbalanced and balanced forces acting on an object?
45. Balanced forces: ________________________________________________________
46. Unbalanced forces: ______________________________________________________
Ch. 10 Section 2: Friction, Gravity, & Elastic Forces (pp.380-388)
47. What is friction? ____________________________________________________________________
48. Complete the table below:
Kind of friction
Explanation
Example
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49. Give an example of how you could increase friction intentionally, on purpose?
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50. What is a tool that is used to measure friction? __________________________________
51. What is gravity? ____________________________________________________________________
52.The force of gravity between objects ____________ with greater mass and _____________ with greater distance.
53. The amount of matter in an object is the object’s _________________________________________.
54. What does the law of gravitation state? __________________________________________________
55. What is weight? _____________________________________________________________________
Gravity & Motion
Free fall
Explanation
Example
Air resistance
Projectile
76. What is momentum? _________________________________________________________________
57. How can you determine the momentum of a moving object?
58. What is the law of conservation of momentum? ___________________________________________
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