Identifying a Process
What is the variable?
Conclusion or Observation
A Little Bit of Everything
Qualitative or Quantitative
100
Students notice that it starts to rain after large cumulonimbus clouds have formed in the sky. The students are making __________
What is an observation
100
Sam is testing how fast a 1 kg, 2 kg, and 3 kg ball is down a ramp. He needs to keep the _____ the same so the experiment is fair.
What is the ramp?
100
The bird has a long brown beak.
What is observation?
100
The last step of conducting an experiments is to _____________ the results of an experiment with others.
What is communicate?
100
The color of an object.
What is qualitative?
200
Micah planted a garden. They noticed that one side of the garden had more blooms than the other. Micah decided that the garden bloomed more where there was more sunlight. Micah made a ____________.
What is a hypothesis?
200
Gary is conducting an investigation to find out which food his cat likes best. His manipulated (independent) variable is _____________.
What is the kind of cat food he gives his cat?
200
The animal lives in a warm, dry climate.
What is the conclusion?
200
Students of different ages were given a baseball to throw. They all threw from the same point. The distance that the student threw the ball was measured.
What is the dependent variable?
What is the distance the students throw the ball.
200
The weight of an object.
What is quantitative?
300
Kindra and Patrick wanted to test to see whose toy car was faster. They _____________ _______ to record the finishing time for each of the cars.
What is collected data?
300
In an experiment, students tested to see how the amount of plants affects the amount of dirt that washes away when water flows downhill. What is the manipulated (independent) variable?
What is the amount of plants used.
300
Something that can be observed in this picture.
examples: What is the flower is purple? What is the flower has 21 petals?
300
It is important to record ____________ and inferences when conducting an experiment so __________.
What is observations and you can make conclusions.
300
The height of an object.
What is quantitative?
400
After conducting the same experiement with clover plants, Judy decided that clovers grow best when they get sun for 5 hours a day. Judy made a ____________.
What is a conlclusion?
400
A team wanted to test the effect of colored light on the growth of plants. What is the manipulated (independent) variable in this investigation?
What is the color of the light?
400
An object will stay in motion unless another force acts against it.
What is a conclusion?
400
The temperature of a river was measured at different locations.
What is the dependent variable?
What is the temperature of the water?
400
The texture or feel of an object.
What is qualitative?
500
A purposeful attempt to manipulate a situation in order to test a hypothesis.
What is conducting an experiment?
500
A class wants to test the effect of the amount of water on growing plants. What is one thing that needs to remain a constant?
What is the amount of sunlight, type of pot, plant placement, amount and type of soil, and watering frequency?
500
Fireflies use their light to communicate with other fireflies.
What is an observation?
500
To check for an experiments fairness it is important to test and _________ your on your experiment to ensure you are collecting the right data.
What is improve?
500
A group of students decided that the rock was smooth, shiny, and black.
What is qualitative?