Scientific Method
Scientific Inquiry
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Measurement Tools
100
Steps/process used to answer a question or solve a problem.
What is the Scientific Method?
100
the variable measured to determine changes that resulted from the independent variable
What is the dependent variable?
100
information gathered during an investigation
What is data?
100
a suggestion on what may happen
What is a prediction?
100
measures distance or length
What is a ruler?
200
the procedure designed to test a hypothesis
What is an experiment?
200
the study of all nature (seen and unseen)
What is science?
200
an examination of data
What is to analyze or analysis?
200
data described in words
What is qualitative data?
200
measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
300
step-by-step plan for an experiment
What is the procedure?
300
the standard set-up used to compare the experimental results (variables are not manipulated)
What is the control group?
300
the explanation of findings during an investigation
What is a conclusion?
300
data expressed in numbers
What is quantitative data?
300
measures volume
What is a beaker or graduated cylinder?
400
factors that affect the results of an experiment
What are variables?
400
has the same conditions as the control group except for a change in the variable being tested.
What is the experimental group?
400
An assumption or a guess based on an observation
What is an inference?
400
the solution changed from red to purple (qualitative or quantitative)
What is qualitative data?
400
measures mass
What is a pan balance?
500
the variable that changed during an experiment
What is the independent variable?
500
In an experiment on salt affecting the freezing point of water, this is the independent variable. (amount of salt or the freezing temperature)
What is amount of salt in the water?
500
another name for an educated guess
What is a hypothesis?
500
Speed: 100 km/hr (qualitative or quantitative data)
What is quantitative data?
500
measures weight
What is a spring scale?
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