Defining Matters!
T.A.I.L.S.
Tool Time I
Tool Time II
Keep it scientific
100
____________ is the amount of matter in an object.
What is Mass?
100
These two pieces of information should be included in any scientific graph title.
What are the IV and the DV?
100
This is the unit that measures volume of a liquid
What is milliliters?
100
Measured in Celsius, this tool tells temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
This type of variable is kept the same during any experiment
What is the control variable?
200
An educated guess made by a scientist
What is a hypothesis?
200
What is wrong with the graph shown?
The scale is bad.
200
What is the name of this instrument:
The Triple beam balance
200
What does the Triple beam balance measure?
The mass of an object in grams
200
In order to test something, it needs to be measurable. What type of variables are NOT measurable?
What is anything observational like: color, attractiveness or prettiness.
300
______________ is the amount of space something occupies
What is volume?
300
Bob did an experiment where he measured how tall plants grew over time... what type of graph should bob make with his data?
What is a line graph?
300
When measuring volume of a solid, we use this equation:
What is length x width x height
300
This tool can be used to measure length or volume.
What is a metric ruler?
300
This variable is measured at the end of an experiment
What is the dependent variable?
400
This is the temperature scale used in science class.
What is the Celsius scale?
400
When designing a graph, which variables (independent and dependent) should go on which axis (X and Y)?
X axis= Independent variable
Y axis= Dependent variable
400
What is the total mass of the item on this TBB?
142.0 grams
400
This is the unit that Graduated Cylinders measure.
What is Milliliters?
400
This variable is changed by the scientist
What is the independent variable
500
This is the measuring system used worldwide, except the United States, Burma and Liberia.
What is the metric system?
500
This graph is missing which two important parts:
What are the Title and Labels?
500
This tool is inaccurate and made of glass, we hardly use it in the Science Lab.
What is a beaker?
500
What is the name of this tool and what is it used for?
The compound light microscope is used to see items that are too small for the human eye
500
Why is it important to keep controlled variables constant in any experiment?
To keep an experiment valid