Ch.3 L.2 Vocab

The factor in an experiment that you intentionally control/change

• inertia

• dependent variable

• inclined plane

• independent variable

an objects tendency to resist a change in motion

• friction

• inertia

• acceleration

• force

measurement of how much matter is in an object

• matter

• variable

• mass

• velocity

the change in position of an object

• motion

• force

• friction

• speed

the distance traveled by an object in a given amount of time

• force

• motion

• speed

• friction

the things that are/can be changed in an experiment

• control/constant

• gravity

• inertia

• variable

the rate of movement in a certain direction

• acceleration

• velocity

• speed

• force