If a scientist is watching fish in a pond, what skill of science is he using?
What is observing?
100
The amount of space in a liquid is called the ....
What is volume?
100
What type of graph is used to show how one variable changes in response to another variable (including how much snow happens in a given month or how many fish are caught at a certain time)?
What is line graph?
200
What tool is used to measure volume?
What is graduated cylinder?
200
Find the mode of the following numbers.
20, 32, 39, 32, 24
What is 32?
200
What type of variable is changed in response to another variable?
What is dependent variable
200
How many meters is in 1 kilometer?
What is 1,000m
200
Which of the following will NOT change even if the force of gravity changes?
-Mass or Weight-
What is mass (weight measures the force of gravity on an object, mass measures matter)?
300
What tool is used to measure length?
What is meter stick?
300
Find the median of the following numbers.
20, 32, 39, 32, 24
What is 32?
300
Which of the following is a trait of a good hypothesis
-Includes information about research
-Includes reference to a theory
-Clear and testable
-Written as a question
What is clear and testable?
300
Density is found by diving what by what?
What is dividing mass by volume (mass/volume)?
300
Data that doesn't fit in the rest of the data set is called...
What is anomalous data?
400
A kilogram is the SI unit for what?
What is mass?
400
Find the range of the following numbers.
20, 32, 39, 32, 24
What is 19?
400
What type of variable is purposely changed to test a hypothesis?
What is independent variable?
400
Calculating length x width x height is used for what
What is volume (of a regular object)?
400
Scientists use this to understand things they can't observe directly...
What is a model?
500
A second is the SI unit for what?
What is time?
500
Find the mean of the following numbers.
20, 32, 39, 32, 24
What is 29.4?
500
What are the seven skills of science?
What is observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, evaluating, making models, and conducting scientific investigations?
500
What is the measure of water that is displaced (aka changed after an object is put into water) in a graduated cylinder called?
What is volume (of an irregular object)?
500
What is the scientific version of the metric system that is used to compare and communicate results?