This fallacy is when someone makes an assumption based on very little information.
What is a hasty generalization?
100
Use of the senses.
What is observation?
100
In an experiment, I use a different kind of fertilizer on my plants.
What is an independent variable?
200
This tool that we discussed in class measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
200
Tracking phones with GPS so you can spy on them.
What is an unintended consequence?
200
When the Ravens won the SuperBowl last year, tons of people who weren't before suddenly became fans.
What is bandwagon?
200
Throwing a paper helicopter in the air.
What is testing the hypothesis?
200
In an experiment, I watered the two plants both the same and gave them the same amount of sunlight.
What is the controlled variable?
300
These measure the gravity an object exerts.
What are Spring Scales?
300
Learning angles and physics through the game "Angry Birds".
What is an intended benefit?
300
This is a personal attack on someone's conclusions after an experiment.
What is ad hominem?
300
An educated guess.
What is a hypothesis?
300
I want to know if one trampoline is bouncier than the other, so I test two different kinds, and measure how high each one allows me to jump. The ________________ is the different kind of trampoline, and the ___________________ is how high I jump.
What are the independent and dependent variables?
400
This tool measures volume.
What is a graduated cylinder?
400
Cell phone usage decreases concentration in the classroom.
What is an unintended consequence?
400
A diversion from the original statement by introducing another topic that is irrelevant.
What is a red herring?
400
Taking data and putting it into a graph.
What are analyzing and/or communicating results?
400
The higher temperature of water, the faster an egg boils. The temperature is the ________________ variable, the time to cook is the ___________________ variable, and the type of egg is the __________________ variable.
What are independent, dependent, and controlled.
500
These are the units for measurement of mass, gravity, temperature, and volume.
What are (g), (n), (k, f, c), and (l)?
500
Searching people on Facebook.
What is an intended benefit with occasional negative connotations.
500
When you assume something is flawed because of its origins. ("That parking attendant is as bad as Hitler.")
What is genetic fallacy?
500
One of the first steps of the Scientific Method; helps us think.
What is asking a question?
500
Measurement of worker productivity after they are given special herbs.