Scientific Method
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is make observations?
This goes along the x-axis (side to side).
What is our independent variable?
This is what we measure volume in.
What is liter?
This is a standard decimal system used for measuring.
What is the metric system?
This is the direction you move the decimal when going from a higher to lower prefix.
What is right?
True or false? Observations are educated guesses, while inferences are gathered using our senses.
What is false?
This graph is used to compare parts of a whole.
What is a pie chart/graph?
This is the pneumonic we use to remember the order of the prefixes in the metric system.
What is King Henry Does usually drink chocolate milk?
This is a testable explanation of an observation or problem, usually following the format if, then.
What is a hypothesis?
The number of centimeters in a meter.
What is 100cm?
15cm, 17cm, and 20cm are all examples of this type of data.
What is quantitative?
This graph is used to show changes over a continuous interval.
What is a line graph?
This is the prefix for the unit that is 100X.
What is Hecto?
This is what we change or manipulate during an experiment.
What is independent variable?
583m = ____ Km
What is 0.583Km?
This is the correct order of the scientific method.
a. Observe, hypothesis, experiment, observe, conclusion, analyze
b. Observe, question, hypothesis, experiment, analyze, conclude
c. hypothesis, question, experiment, analyze, conclude, observe
What is b?
This is the graph you would use to show the amount of rain we get in Plymouth each month.
Order these prefixes from largest to smallest:
cg, Dag, Kg, and g
What is Kg, Dag, g, cg?
This is anything that remains the same between experimental and control groups during an experiment.
What are constants?
10.398cg = ______ Dag
What is 0.010398Dag?
Rose wants to test if her fertilizer will cause plants to grow taller than plants without fertilizer. She plants 3 flowers in pots and gives each of them varying amounts of fertilizer. Each flower gets water and sunlight each day. Every week she measures how tall each plant is. What is the independent variable, dependent variable, and constants?
Independent: amount of fertilizer
Dependent: height of the flower
Constants: type of flower, sunlight, water, and type of pot
These are the independent and dependent variables based on the graph.
What are year (IV) and earnings (DV)?
These are the base units and measurement tools used for each type of metric measurement (mass, volume, and length)
What are gram/scale, liter/graduated cylinder, and meter/ruler or meter stick?
This is the definition of an inference.
What is an educated guess made by utilizing background knowledge or evidence?
1845mL = _______ KL