Vocab
Vocab
Examples
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What is an experiment?
Experiment = a test you do to answer a question.
Ex. What will happen when I give a plant water and soda?
100
What is a variable in an experiment?
Something that can change in an experiment. Example: I give one plant water, I give one plant soda.
100
A student gives one plant water and one plant no water. After 1 week, one plant is 10 cm tall and the other is 5 cm tall. Water is the __________ variable. (independent or dependent)
independent variable
200
What is a hypothesis?
A guess (based on facts) about what will happen in an experiment. Example: I think the plant will grow faster with more water. 🌱
200
What is a dependent variable in an experiment?
The thing you do not change but measure.
Example: the plant height is the dependent variable. You measure it.
200
A student gives one plant water and one plant no water. After 1 week, one plant is 10 cm tall and the other is 5 cm tall. Plant height (cm) is the
dependent variable
300
What is data?
Information you get in an experiment.
300
What is a pie chart?
a graph where numbers are shown as parts of a circle (uses %)
300
A student gives one plant water and one plant no water. After 1 week, one plant is 10 cm tall and the other is 5 cm tall. 10 cm and 5cm are examples of what kind of data?
quantitative
400
What is qualitative data
Data with describing words. Data you get from looking, touching, smelling something. Example: color.
400
2.You want to show how a plant grows over time (5 weeks). 🌱📈
Pie chart
Line Graph
Bar Graph
line graph
400
A student gives one plant water and one plant no water. After 1 week, one plant is 10 cm tall and the other is 5 cm tall. The color of the plants (green) is an example of what kind of data?
qualitative
500
What is quantitative data?
Data that uses numbers.
The plant is 1.8 cm and 1.0 cm tall.
500
3.You want to compare how many students like basketball, soccer, football, and volleyball and which is most popular. 🏀⚽🏈🏐
Pie chart
Line Graph
Bar Graph
Bar graph
500
A student puts ice in hot water and cold water. The ice in hot water turns to water in 2 minutes. The ice in cold water takes 10 minutes.
Water temperature is the __________ variable. (independent or dependent)
Time is the __________ variable. (independent or dependent)
independent
dependent