Scientific Method
Experiments
Tools
Key Ideas
Vocabulary
100

The results of using one or more of your senses to gather information and taking note of what occurs.

What is "observation"

100
The variable in the experiment that changes is the ____.
What is the "independent variable"
100

Which glassware would you use to measure the volume of liquid?

a) beaker                          b) flask    

c) graduate cylinder           d) test tube

 c) graduated cylinder

100

The three branches in science

What are "Physical, Earth, and Life Sciences"

100
Things in an experiment that remain the same.
What is a "constant"
200
A way of learning more about the world.
What is "science"
200
There are two groups that are being tested on a new shampoo. Group A does not get the new ingredient but Group B does. Which group is the control group?
What is "Group A"
200

Which tool would a scientist use to find the mass of a small steel rod?

a)  balance                 b)  computer

c) hot plate                 d) thermometer

a)  balance

200
Scientists created this to make communication among scientists consistent worldwide.

What is the "International System of Units" (SI)?

200
The change that occurs in the experiment
What is the "dependent variable"
300
A series of steps that are taken to determine the answer to a scientific question.
What is "the scientific method"
300
Two groups are being tested on whether or not a vaccine with a new medicine works or not. Group A is given the new vaccine and Group B is not. What is the independent variable?
What is "the new medicine"
300

This tool is used to measure the mass of an object.  They usually come in electric and triple.

What is the "triple beam balance"?

300

Why are evaluation and testing important in the design process?

The bridge must be tested in all ways that the bridge might fail to find weak areas in the design. Once a weakness is found in the test and evaluation process, the problem can be corrected before the real bridge can be built.

300
the variable that changes in the experiment
What is the "independent variable"
400

What are all the steps for Scientific Method? (1-6)

What is 1. Ask a question 2. create a hypothesis 3. perform an experiment 4. analyze data 5. draw conclusions 6. communicate results

400
What is the change that occurs in the experiment?
What is "the dependent variable"
400

This is a convenient way to write numbers with very large or very small values.

What is scientific notation.

400

Convert 5230 cm to ________ hm.

What is 0.523 

400

Statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events

What is a "prediction"

500

Understanding the definitions of Scientific Law and Scientific Theory, explain which of these descriptions would be a "Law", and which would be a "Theory"

  • Explains why objects fall toward Earth and why planets stay in orbit.
  • Objects fall toward Earth and planets orbit the Sun.

 

Simply put...

Laws "describe".

Theories "explain".

500
In the experiment where we used the alka seltzer in the different solutions to see which one dissolved the fastest, what was the dependent variable?
What is "how quickly the alka seltzer dissolved"
500

Astronomers estimate that the planet Jupiter is about 778,000,000 kilometers away from the Sun.

  1. If another planet is 7 times farther from the Sun than Jupiter, approximately how far away is that planet? Write your answer in scientific notation.

What is 5.446×109 km

500

Contains the same factors as the experimental group, but the independent variable is NOT changed.

What is a "control group"

500

Comparing what you already know with the information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it

What is "critical thinking"

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