Question 1

What is a hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

An educated guess

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A concept

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An equation

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A true statement

Question 2

What is an equation?

Accepted Answer

shorthand notations of the connections and relationships of nature

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straight-line path

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the intellectual framework that is part of a theory

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An educated guess

Question 3

What is a theory?

Accepted Answer

A synthesis of a large body of information. the criterion of a theory is not whether it is true or untrue but rather whether it is useful or non useful​.

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shorthand notations of the connections and relationships of nature

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a phenomenon about which competent observers who have made a series of observations are in agreement.

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the intellectual framework that is part of a theory

Question 4

What is a concept?

Accepted Answer

the intellectual framework that is part of a theory

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a phenomenon about which competent observers who have made a series of observations are in agreement.

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shorthand notations of the connections and relationships of nature

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a synthesis of a large body of information. the criterion of a theory is not whether it is true or untrue but rather whether it is useful or non useful.

Question 5

What is inertia?

Accepted Answer

Every object continues in a state of rest or of uniform speed in a straight line unless acted on by a nonzero force.

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a phenomenon about which competent observers who have made a series of observations are in agreement.

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a synthesis of a large body of information. the criterion of a theory is not whether it is true or untrue but rather whether it is useful or non useful.

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shorthand notations of the connections and relationships of nature

Question 6

what is free fall?

Accepted Answer

when the only force acting on a falling object is gravity, with negligible air resistance

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occurs between one thing and another

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simply a push or pull

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Whenever one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an equal and opposite force on the first.

Question 7

What is force?

Accepted Answer

simply a push or pull

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Decrease

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occurs between one thing and another

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Increase

Question 8

What is mass?

Accepted Answer

the quantity of matter in an object

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greater inertia

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smaller inertia

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amount of gravitational pull on an object; proportional to mass

Question 9

What is weight?

Accepted Answer

amount of gravitational pull on an object; proportional to mass

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an educated guess

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simply a push or pull

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the quantity of matter in an object

Question 10

What is density?

Accepted Answer

the measure of how much mass occupies a given space

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a decrease in gravity

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the quantity of matter in an object

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simply a push or pull

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