Scientific Method Steps
Measurement
Vocabulary
Graphs
Vocabulary 2
100
What is the first step of the scientific method?
What is ask a question.
100
What is the base unit for measuring length?
What is meter.
100
What type of observation uses numbers?
What is a quantitative observation.
100
Which type of graph would you use if your were showing how many skittles you had in your bag?
What is a bar graph.
100
The facts, figures, and other evidence gained through observation.
What is data.
200
If I am testing the hypothesis, which step of the scientific method am I in?
What is Experiment?
200
Which tool should I use if I am measuring volume?
What is the graduated cylinder.
200
What is an inference about the future?
What is a prediction.
200
If I wanted to show the growth of my tomato plant over 5 weeks which graph would be the best?
What is a line graph.
200
Information gathered using the five senses.
What is an observation.
300
When you study something closely, as you would do with data, what are you doing?
What is analyze?
300
Which tool should I use if I am measuring mass?
What is the triple beam balance.
300
What is the kind of observation that does not use numbers?
What is a qualitative observation.
300
If I wanted to make a graph to show how many books that our class has read in a month and ,used books to show this, what kind of graph would this be?
What is a pictograph.
300
This is the one factor that a scientist changes in an experiment.
What is the independent variable.
400
If I wanted to go to the library and look up information on how airplanes fly, what step would I be working on?
What is research?
400
What is the base unit for measuring volume?
What is liter.
400
Any factor in an experiment that does not change, stays the same.
What is a constant.
400
What is the best choice of graph to show how much snow has fallen in Syracuse, NY each week this winter?
What is a line graph?
400
Experiment: Gabe is growing plants for his project. He uses three tomato plants, puts then in the same spot on the deck, and gives them each 1 cup of water a day. One plant is planted in sand, one in manure and limestone, and one in plant soil from the store. What is the independent variable?
What is the different types of soil.
500
Name the steps of the scientific method in order.
What is question, research, hypothesis, experiment, data, and conclusion.
500
I measured using Celsius, what tool did I use and for what kind of measurement?
What is a thermometer and for temperature.
500
A statement that sums up what you have learned from an experiment.
What is a conclusion.
500
If I wanted to make a graph to show the amount of gases in the atmosphere of Jupiter, which graph would be the best?
What is a pie or circle graph.
500
Experiment: Sammy decides to see which dog treat dogs would prefer. He uses Milk Bone, Canine Cuts, and Great Value Dog bites. He puts them on 3 separate blue poster boards and lets his dogs out to see which one they go to first. What is the dependent variable?
What is the dogs choice of dog treat.
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