Scientific Method | Pendulum Experiment | Vocabulary | Graphs | Numbers |
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What is ask a question.
The first step to the Scientific Method
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What is a pendulum.
A mass hanging from a fixed point that is free to swing back and forth.
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What is a cycle.
Any motion or activity that repeats itself.
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What is a picture graph.
A graph that is not easily stored in a journal for future use.
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What is 38 cm.
The length of the standard pendulum.
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What is try again or think again.
When your hypothesis is incorrect you then must...
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What is mass and angle of release.
The two variables that did not affect the outcome.
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What is a variable.
Anything that you can change in an experiment that might affect the outcome.
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What is a T-table.
A graph that is divided by lines that look like a letter.
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What is 15 seconds.
The time elapsed for the pendulum to swing in the standardized experiment.
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What is test the experiment.
In the fourth step of the Scientific Method, scientists must...
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What is length of string.
The variable that did affect the outcome.
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What is a standard.
The basic procedure used in a controlled experiment before changing any of the variables.
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What is the x-axis.
The side of a two-coordinate graph that shows what we know before an experiment.
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What is 90 degrees.
The degree we standardized when releasing the pendulum.
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What is a hypothesis.
An educated guess
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What is less swings.
The longer the pendulum, the...
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What is a prediction.
An estimate based on information or experience.
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What is the y-axis.
The side of the a two-coordinate graph that shows what we know after an experiment.
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What is one.
The amount of pennies used when we standardized the experiment.
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What is do research
When you learn everything you can about a topic.
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What is a standard.
During the first experiment, we created this kind of pendulum.
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What is a controlled experiment.
An experiment where only one variable is changed in order to see if it changes the outcome.
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What is a vertex.
The point where the x and y-axis meet.
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What is 12.
The average number of cycles in the standardized experiment.
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