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| An independent variable is the variable you have control over, what you can choose and manipulate. |
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| A dependent variable is what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment. It depends on the depends Variable. |
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| The control variable is something that is constant and unchanged in an experiment. |
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| A test that can be repeated and has a control. |
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| A statement of what you predict will occur in an experiment. |
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| Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement. |
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| The volume of fluid which passes through a given surface per unit time. |
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| A process or system characterized by constant change, activity, or progress. |
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| A shape that reduces the drag from air moving past. |
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| The branch of science concerned with forces acting on or exerted by fluids. |
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| The theory that all matter is made up of particles and there is different forces of attraction between them and they are always in motion. |
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| Gas to Solid, Solid to Gas. |
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| When water travels in straight or almost straight lines. Example: Tap. |
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| When water is not able to flow in straight lines. Example: Rapids. |
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| A force (air or water resistance) that acts to slow a body moving through a fluid. |
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| Shaped to create laminar flow, has less air or water resistance. |
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| The Measurement of a fluids resistance to flow. |
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| The attractive forces among the particles of a substance. |
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| The attractive forces between the particles of a fluid and the particles of another substance. |
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| The increased attraction among the particles at the surface of a liquid. |
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| The amount of matter in an object, which stays constant anywhere in the universe. Measured in grams (G) or units derived from grams. |
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| The pull that gravity has on an object. Measured in Pounds (lb) or units derived from pounds. |
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| The amount of space that a substance or object occupies. |
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| The mass of a substance per unit volume of the substance. |
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| When the buoyant force is bigger than the gravity force. |
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| When the buoyant and gravity force are equal. |
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| When the gravity force is bigger than the buoyant force. |
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| The continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it. |
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| A Material allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen. |
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| Allowing light, but not detailed images, to pass through. |
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| Not able to be seen through. |
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