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
If you have the same number of valence electrons then you are what?
What is in the same family/group.
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 ____________
A compound between two non-metal creates this "friendly" type of bond
What is a covalent bond?
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
An ionic bond creates a compound between these two types of atoms
What is a metal and a non-metal?
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 you are in the same period on the periodic table then you have the same number of these
What is electron shells/orbitals?
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.
The chemical behavior of an atom is determined by these particles.
What are valence electrons?