Equipment
Variables
Conversions
Experimental Setup
Measurement
100
These protect your eyes from chemical splashes and spills, and are not to be confused with the popular search engine.
What are goggles?
100
This is the variable that we chart on the y-axis on our graphs. Like you, it can also be claimed on your parents tax return!
What is the dependent variable?
100
This is the metric prefix for 1000. Add it to "meter" and we're looking at the closest metric measurement to a mile.
What is kilo-?
100
These are the two words I need to include in EVERY hypothesis I write. It's just like cause and effect!
What are if and then?
100
Man I'm Thirsty! This is the basic unit of volume, and you can find many soda varieties sold in bottles of two of them.
What is the liter?
200
These are the most versatile pieces of glassware in the lab and can be used for just about anything. It was also the name of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's sidekick in Sesame Street!
What are beakers?
200
Also called the "controlled variables", this is the term for the portions of an experiment that need to stay the same throughout the length of any data collection period. Your math teacher puts them next to "x's" and "y's"...
What are constants?
200
It's the correct way to SPELL the prefix that is symbolized with a lowercase "d". It's equivalent to 1/100th of the basic unit.
What is d-e-c-i?
200
This is the name for the group that we don't give the treatment to in an experiment. There is more than a "remote" chance that you will have to identify them on the test tomorrow!
What is the control group?
200
The basic unit for mass, don't confuse it with the middle name of that guy that invented the predecessor (earlier version) of that smartphone in your pocket.
What is the gram?
300
This piece of safety equipment sucks up toxic fumes to prevent them from entering a laboratory.
What is the ventilation hood?
300
This is the independent variable in the following experiment: "I want to see if drinking a lot of milk before dinner will affect how much food you eat during the meal."
What is the amount of milk drank before dinner?
300
Speaking of lactose intolerant noblemen...(not really)...what is the mnemonic device we used in class to remember the seven steps in the ladder method.
What is King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk
300
This would be the best unit (prefix may be necessary!) to measure the the thickness of an eyelash. Think of how tiny that length must be!
What is the millimeter (mm).
400
This is the piece of lab equipment that is used for support for beakers when it is placed over a metal ring. If you mistakenly used it to cover an open wound, it probably would not be as effective!
What is wire gauze?
400
If I tested to see if Duracell batteries lasted longer than energizer batteries in my new lamp, this would be the dependent variable.
What is the length of time the lamp received power (how long it stayed lit)?
400
There are 13.36 milligrams in this many grams.
What is .01336?
400
This is a SOUND hypothesis for the following experiment: I want to see if using VoluMax hairspray will give me a longer hold than SalonPro
What is "If I use VoluMax hairspray, then the hold on my hair will (increase/decrease)?
400
This is the curve that liquids form inside a graduated cylinder. Keep your eyes on the bottom!
What is the meniscus?
500
These are the three steps to take in order to properly work a fire extinguisher in a fire emergency situation. PASs this information along to your friends when you're done...
What are pull the pin, aim the hose, and squeeze the trigger?
500
These are two things that I would need to keep as constants if I was designing an experiment in the following way: I'm going to test what beverage is best at keeping me awake in the morning. I'm going to test coffee the first week, soda the next week, and water the final week.
What are: Amount of each beverage consumed, time in the morning that the liquid is drank, amount of sleep I get the night before, the breakfast that I eat, (others acceptable)?
500
10.04 kL is equal to this many dL.
What is 10,400?
500
Take a look at the following experiment: "Miss Wall wants to see if different colors of light help plants grow more. She is going to take four plants and set them up under different colors of light. One under a red light, one under a blue light, one under a green light, and one under a white light. She will then record how high each plant grows everyday for two weeks." These are the independent variable AND the control group from this experiment.
What are the color of light (IV) AND the plant that receives the white light (CG)?
500
When looking at a line with a ruler, I find it's measurement to be between 43 and 44 mm. This would be the precise measurement of the line in cm.
What is 4.35 cm (+/- .04)?
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