Ch 1 Test 8/28/13 Flashcards

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A quantity of time is known as an?

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Time interval

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Distance measure in units of

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Length

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Uses length measurement of millimeters and centimeters and meters and kilometers

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Metric system

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In physics time is usually measured in units of

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Seconds

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Uses length measurements of inches feet yards and miles

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English system

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Distance traveled divided by time taken

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Speed

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A car traveling the same distance every second is moving at

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Constant speed

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It is believed that all vents in nature obey a set of …………. That do not change

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Natural laws

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Is the measure of the amount of matter in an object

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Mass

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Can help you understand the natural laws that relate matter and energy

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Experiment

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When you formulate and …….. You make and educated guess

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Hypothesis

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Properties are too small to be directly observed

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Atomic

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Variable goes with the y axis of a graph

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Dependent

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