General Science

3. The level at which a person begins to consider pain uncomfortable.
4. An example that contradicts a conclusion.
5. Experiments in which neither the participants nor the people analyzing the results know who is in the control group.
8. The variable or part of the experiment to which all others will be compared.
12. A device that either multiplies or redirects a force.
15. Experiments in which the participants do not know whether or not they are part of the control group.
17. resistance Air slows objects as they fall.
18. A push or pull exerted, on an object in an effort to change that objects velocity.
19. The distance around a circle, equal to 3.1416 times the circle’s diameter.

1. An educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question.
2. The amount by which force or motion is magnified in a simple machine.
3. An ancient form of paper, made from a plant of the same name.
5. The length of a straight line that travels from one side of a circle to another and passes through the center of the circle.
6. An endeavor dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world.
7. The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances.
9. A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data.
10. No opinion can affect the experimental results.
11. An aspect of an experiment that changes during the course of the experiment.
13. Fake pills usually made out of sugar.
14. A theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data.
16. Tension The ability of a liquids surface to resist a force applied to it due to the attraction between the liquids molecules.