If you wanted to measure exactly 17 mL of water, what would you use?
A measuring cylinder.
100
What two things do you always wear when performing experiments?
A lab coat and safety glasses.
100
When drawing lab equipment, what are two things that you should consider?
Use a pencil and draw in 2D.
100
When we write what we are trying to do, this is the _________ of an experiment.
Aim
100
This type of scientist studies living things such as plants, animals, micro-organisms.
A biologist
200
What do you put under a Bunsen burner?
A heat proof mat.
200
What colour is the bunsen burner 'safety' flame?
Yellow.
200
If you wanted to measure temperature change, which piece of equipment would you use?
A thermometer.
200
A logical guess about what will happen is the _____________.
Hypothesis
200
This type of scientist studies the behaviour of phenomena, such as light, heat, nuclear energy and electricity.
A physicist
300
What do you put on a tripod to hold a beaker?
A gauze mat.
300
Yes or No - Are you allowed to eat and drink things that have been mixed in beakers?
No
300
What is an inference?
When you have made an observation and can then make a logical explanation.
300
These variables ensure that your experiment is a fair test.
Control variables.
300
This type of scientist studies the stars, the sun, planets, comets, asteroids.
A astronomer
400
What do you put in a filter to separate liquids and solids?
Filter paper
400
What should you do if you have lit the match and turned on the gas, but the Bunsen burner doesn't light?
Blow out the match, turn off the gas, and tell the teacher.
400
What is the difference between a qualitative and a quantitative observation?
Qualitative - in words.
Quantitative - involve measurements/numbers.
400
In the _____________ you answer the aim of the question. It matches the observations and the numerical data you have gathered. You can also refer back to your hypothesis.
Conclusion
400
This type of scientist studies how living things interact with one another.
An ecologist
500
What is the best piece of equipment for stirring mixtures?
A stirring rod.
500
How should you hold a test tube when you are heating it over a Bunsen burner?
Face the test tube away from you.
500
The dependent variable shows what you are _________________. The independent variable shows what you are _____________.
Dependent - measuring
Independent - changing
500
What are three things that you need to remember when creating a graph?
Use pencil, title, label the x and y axes, units of measurement, rulers, equal spacing on the x and y axes.
500
This type of scientist studies the Earth and how it changes.