Graphs
A graph that compares two sets of data
What is a bar graph?
Where the independent variable is usually found on a graph.
What is the x-axis?
Where dependent variables are usually found.
What is the y-axis?
This is the definition of a control variable.
What is the variable that stays the same?
The first thing you write on every paper.
What is your name?
A graph that measures changes over time
What is a line graph?
What a scientist does to the independent variable in an experiment.
What is changed or manipulated?
The part of experiment that is the dependent variable.
What is the part being measured?
An example of a control variable for the Penny Lab.
What is: the penny; the water; or holding the dropper straight up and down?
When assignments need to be turned in.
What is by their DUE DATE?!
The constant value of the tick marks on the y-axis.
What is the y-interval?
What was the independent variable in "The Penny Lab"?
What are the 5 trials?
The dependent variable for "The Penny Lab".
What was the number of drops?
An example of a control variable in the Paper Chain Lab.
What is: everyone using 1 sheet of construction paper; 20 minute time limit to create a paper chain; everyone using glue; or same type of paper?
What you do when reading the procedures of an experiment.
What is annotate (or circle the action words)?
Look at your graph on the notes on page 10. What is the y-interval?
What is 5 hours?
Two cows are given different growth hormones. One is an expensive name brand, the other is a cheaper off brand. Both cows are weighed after 2 years.
What is the independent variable?
What are the different growth hormones?
The dependent variable for "The Paper Chain Lab"?
What is the chain measurement?
The important reason control variables cannot change during an experiment.
What is because it will skew or mess up your results?
Expectation after working the experiment.
What is cleaning up your mess?
Name the step in Engineer Design Process where you would create your graph.
What is Communicate?
The part of the hypothesis that is the independent variable.
What is the "if" (of the "If/then statement")?
Two different cars are traveling at 60 mph. At a certain point, both cars slam on the brakes. The distance it takes for each car to stop then measured.
Name the dependent variable.
What is the distance?
One grape is placed in tap water and another grape is placed in salt water. The change in their mass is measured after a day. Name the control variable.
What is: grapes; weighing mass; or time after a day?
What should you do when entering and exiting the classroom on "Lab Days"?
What is use hanitizer- hand sanitizer?