conversions
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scientific method
graphing
100
200 mg to g
What is 0.2
100

What is the SI base unit for mass?

What is grams?

100
A biology student wants to conduct a study of how the amount of sunlight affects the length of sleep for mice. She sets up four cages with a mouse in each cage. What is the dependent variable?
What is length of sleep?
100
What is the last step of the scientific method?
What is draw conclusions?
100
Which axis is the y axis?
What is vertical? Y to the sky
200
2400 m to km
What is 2.4 km
200

This describe what happens under a given set of conditions.

What is a law?

200
A scientists adds different amounts of fertilizer to pepper plants to see if it will help plants to produce more peppers. What is the dependent variable?
What is # of peppers per plant.
200
What do you do after making a hypothesis?
What is experiment?
200
On which axis do you plot the dependent variable?
What is Y?
300
2.0 in to cm 2.52 cm = 1 in
What is 5.1 cm
300

Which unit would you use to measure the length of your pencil?

What is cm? (possibly meters also)

300
A student compared the cost of speeding tickets to the speed of the drivers. What is the dependent variable?
What is cost of speeding tickets.
300
A prediction or statement that can be tested is a(n)____.
What is hypothesis
300
What type of graph would you use to show percentages of a whole?
What is pie or circle?
400
54 lbs to kg 2.2 lbs = 1 kg
What is 25 kg
400

What is the independent variable in your paper towel lab?

What is "Brand of Paper Towel"

400
It was found that the more minutes a child reads each day the higher their spelling tests scores are. What is the independent variable?
What is minutes read each day
400
In a controlled experiment, a scientist is studying how long it takes parachutes of different sizes to fall to the ground. What is the independent variable?
What is size of parachutes?
400
On which axis do you plot the independent variable
What is the X axis?
500
32 oz to kg 16 oz = 1 lb 2.2 lbs = 1 kg
What is 0.91 kg
500

What is the dependent variable in your paper towel lab?

What is "the amount of water held"?

500
Volleyball players wanted to determine whether or not a new brand of shoes would make them jump higher. List 3 things that must be held constant.
Type of floor, time of day, same people jumping, same method for measuring the height of jumps.
500

The effect of temperature on the hatch time of eggs.

What is the dependent variable

hatch time

500
List the three things a graph must contain.
What is title, labeled axes, consistent scale?
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