Scientific Method
Variables
Energy
Matter
Atmosphere/Weather
100
Information gathered during the scientific investigation
What is data?
100
The measured variable, effect or result ; what comes after the "then" part of a hypothesis
The dependent variable
100
Moving energy or energy of motion
What is kinetic energy?
100
Positively charged particles in the nucleus of an atom
What are protons?
100
A severe storm that forms over warm, tropical waters.
What are hurricanes?
200
The best way to display results of an experiment
What is a graph? (table or chart)
200
The changed, manipulated, or tested variable; the "if" part of the hypothesis
What is the independent variable?
200
The energy source for weather and the water cycle
What is the sun?
200
Negatively charged particles outside the nucleus of an atom
What are electrons?
200
Weather fronts that are indicated with the following symbol:
What are warm fronts?
300
If Rachel adds fertilizer to the plants then they will grow taller
What is the independent variable?
What is fertilizer?
300
The variable kept the same in an experiment.
What is a constant?
300
Stored energy
What is potential energy?
300
Identify the compound in the following examples:
Na Cl Mg NaCl Li
NaCl
300
Layer of the atmosphere where most weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
400
If Rachel adds fertilizer to the plants then they will grow taller
What is the dependent variable?
What is plant growth?
400
The independent variable in the following example:
The higher the temperature in the oven, the faster the cake will bake
What is the oven temperature?
400
The transfer of energy by direct touch
What is conduction?
400
The way the Periodic table is arranged
What is the atomic number?
400
The weather front indicated by blue triangles on a weather map.
What is a cold front?
500
If Rachel adds fertilizer to the plants then they will grow taller
What would a constant be?
(Use judgment)
500
Identify the dependent variable in the following example:
If students turn in all their work, then their grades will be higher.
What are student grades?
500
The following example has the most potential energy:
Cat sitting at the top of a hill
Car sitting at the top of a hill
Bike sitting at the top of a hill
What is a car sitting at the top of a hill?
500
2 or more elements chemical elements bonded together
What is a compound?
500
The 5 layers of the atmosphere
What are troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere?