The Scientific Method
true or false: The scientific method is the same thing as the procedure of a lab
what is false?
Scientific Method is a systematic process for learning about the world and testing our understanding of it. The procedure of a lab falls within S.M. but it does not defined the same way.
The name of the horizontal axis?
What is x axis?
The data that you are measuring or recording in an experiment is the _______________________ variable.
What is dependent?
I would use this type of graph when I am comparing distinctly different groups.
What is a bar graph?
You would use this laboratory apparatus when you want to move over a hot test tube to the test tube rack
What is a test tube holder?
This is a possible/educated answer to the research question or
What is a hypothesis?
The 0 found on the outer corner of a graph is called a
_________________.
What is origin?
Something that stays the same through the entire experiment
What is a constant or controlled variable?
True or False:
A hypothesis is an unchangeable uneducated explanation before experimentations
What is false?
Hypothesis is a tentative, testable educated explanation before experimentation
Theory
This branch of Science studies plants
What is a botany?
This step answers your research question based on the data you collected from the experiment
What is the conclusion?
The variable placed on the y axis
What is the dependent variable?
Esther wants to test if adding different liquids to her plant can increase its height. She adds 1 cup of apple juice to one plant, 1 cup of water to one plant, and 1 cup of Diet Pepsi to a third plant every day. After three weeks, she measures the height. The dependent variable is ________________
What is the height of the plants?
True or False? An experiment is how we test the validity of the control variables.
What is no?
An experiment test the validity of a hypothesis, involving different variables and conditions.
Which laboratory apparatus is used to accurately measure the volume of a liquid.
What is the graduated cylinder?
After scientists collect their data, they put it into a graph to find patterns. They are ______________ (ends with -ing) their data.
What is analyzing?
A small guide or panel that explains what the colors, shapes, lines, or patterns mean in a chart or graph is called a
What is a legend/key?
Joey wants to test if adding different liquids to her plant can increase its height. She adds 1 cup of apple juice to one plant, 1 cup of water to one plant, and 1 cup of Diet Pepsi to a third plant every day. After three weeks, she measures the height. The independent variable is ________________
What is the type of liquid?
David cleans half of the desks in her room with water and one half of the desks with a new soap solution and she measures how clean each desk gets. The water is the __________________ group.
What is CONTROL group?
The Control Group is kept unchanged and constant in a study so it will not affect the outcome. Control group are use to compare w/ the experimental group.
When determining the exact volume of liquid , one must view at eye level to find the fluid curve. The fluid curve is also called the _______________________.
(lab related question)
What is meniscus
Name the 5 steps of the scientific method
1. Observations and asking Questions.
2. Make a hypothesis.
3. Test the Hypothesis
4. Collect and Analyze Data (Making a Conclusion)
5. Share and Publish Results
4 things that need to be included on a graph
What is a title, label, origin, and key/legend?
The two groups that makes a experiment ?
What is experimental and control group?
Grace ran an experiment that gathers how tall my plant grows over time. I measure it in inches every day for 7 days. When graphing which VARIABLE represent the x-axis and y-axis?
What is ...
X axis - time in days
Y axis - height of plant in inches
A student describes what a cell looks like including the parts inside. The student gathered _____________________ data.
What is qualitative?