Science Skills
When you use one or more of your five senses to gather information about the world.
What is observing?
The standard SI unit used to measure length.
What is a meter?
A kilometer is equal to this many meters.
What is 1,000?
A possible explanation for a set of observations.
What is a hypothesis?
The graph line that runs from left to right (horizontally).
What is the x-axis?
Grouping together items that are alike in some way.
What is classifying?
The standard SI unit used to measure volume.
What is a liter?
A liter is equal to this many milliliters.
What is 1,000?
A factor you can change in an experiment.
What is a variable?
The graph line that runs up and down.
What is the y-axis?
Making an inference about a future event based on current evidence or past experience.
What is predicting.
The standard SI unit used to measure mass.
What is a gram?
20 centigrams (cg) is equal to this many milligrams (mg).
What is 200?
The observations and measurements made in an experiment.
What is data?
A pair of numbers used to determine the position of a point on a graph.
What is a coordinate?
When you interpret an observation.
What is inferring?
The standard SI unit used to measure temperature.
What is degrees Celsius?
0.50 meters is equal to this many centimeters.
What is 50?
A statement that sums up what you have learned from an experiment.
What is a conclusion?
The point where the x-axis and y-axis cross.
What is the origin?
Making a picture, diagram, image, or other representation of a complex object or process.
What is making a model?
The standard SI unit used to measure time.
What is a second?
850 milliliters is equal to this many liters.
What is 0.85?
Patterns may become clear when data is organized in this.
What is a table or a graph?
A picture made from information in a data table.
What is a graph?