Lab Equipment
This tool is used to measure liquid volume most accurately.
What is a graduated cylinder?
A scientist changes this variable on purpose.
The group that does not receive the treatment is called the...
What is the control group?
The smallest unit of an element is called a...
This macromolecule provides quick energy.
This piece of glassware is never used for making accurate measurements.
What is a test tube?
This variable is measured during an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
Ada and Elijah tested how this factor affected plant growth.
What is sunlight?
Water is less dense as a solid than as a liquid.
What is ice floats?
This macromolecule makes up most of the cell membrane.
This piece of equipment helps transfer liquids without spilling.
What is a funnel?
Variables that stay the same during an experiment are called...
What are constants?
In the egg osmosis experiment, what was the independent variable?
What is the type of solution?
Oil does not dissolve in water because it is...
What is nonpolar (hydrophobic)?
Muscles and enzymes are primarily made of this macromolecule.
What are proteins?
What is the curved surface of water in a graduated cylinder called?
What is the meniscus?
Observing wet sidewalks and concluding it rained is an example of this.
What is an inference?
In the egg experiment, what was the dependent variable?
Water is called the "universal _______."
What is solvent?
Animals store long-term energy as this macromolecule.
What are lipids (fat)?
The water in a graduated cylinder curves because of this property of water.
What is cohesion (and adhesion)?
Write the first part of a hypothesis.
What is "If..."?
Name two constants that should be kept the same in a plant growth experiment.
What is plant type, soil, pot size, amount of water, time, temperature, etc.
Name one property of water that makes life possible.
What is high specific heat, cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, excellent solvent, lower density as a solid.
This macromolecule stores genetic information.
What are nucleic acids?