The Marvelous Method
IF you have asked a question THEN done some research, you can create one of these, BECAUSE its a prediction about what you think will happen in your experiment.
A hypothesis
The polar ice caps are an important component to this system
What is the hydosphere
If you have mass and take up space then you must be _____________
What is matter
If your atoms are bound tightly together and you don't like changing shape, then you are this state of matter
What is solid
A scientific _____________ is a well tested explanation for a natural phenomenon that is backed up by lots of supporting data
What is a theory
An experimental control is something that doesn't do this from trial to trial.
Change
This system can be found to be in and affect every other system with its daily activities.
What is the biosphere
If I'm talking about how much space you take up, I'm talking about this, not how loud you yell.
What is volume
If you are a compound, then you are a combination of two or more ____________
If you study the solid structure of Earth and its history, then you are a
What is a geologist
You are free to choose this variable- its the one that you change from one trial to the next in an experiment.
Independent Variable
Your house better be attached to this system is we experience an earthquake
What is the geoshpere
The amount of molecules in you is your _____
What is mass.
If you are a pure substance that contains only one kind of atom you are __________________ and have a place at the "table"
What is an element
You are testing whether changing the temperature affects how many times a cricket will chirp. _____________would be your dependent variable
What is the number of cricket chirps
When you use your five senses to gather data you are making ______________
An observation
The atmosphere can be described as this
What is a blanket of gases surrounding Earth
This would change if you went to the moon because it is a measure of the force of gravity.
What is weight
If an electron is in the outer shell and participates in bonding, it is called this!
What is a valence electron
If your mass is 100 kg and your volume is 2m^3, you would have this density
What is 50 kg/m^3
This is also know as the responding variable, its the thing you are measuring in an experiment.
Dependent variable
A bird flying through a rain cloud would involve these three systems
What is the atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere
If you are measuring how fast the atoms are vibrating in a substance then you just measured____________
What is temperature
The atoms in this state of matter can move freely past each other and can be very compressed
What is a gas.
How tightly packed the molecules of a substance are would be described by this term
What is density