VOCABULARY
These are variables that must be kept the same for an experiment to be valid
The independent variable goes on this axis.
What is the x-axis?
If you wear these, you should not need to use the eye wash station.
What are goggles?
Dogs were given 5 brands of dog food and ate various amounts of each. The independent variable is _____.
What are the different brands of dog food?
An educated guess made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
What is a hypothesis?
The type of graph that should be used when looking at data trends over several time points, temperature points, or other data points.
What is a line graph?
If you or your lab group break a glass beaker, this is the person you will tell.
Who is the teacher?
The group that is not exposed to a treatment or factor being tested in an experiment.
What is the control group?
Data that is descriptive and uses words.
What is qualitative data?
What is a legend or key?
This is the proper way to detect an odor by gently moving the air toward your nose.
What is wafting?
Dogs were given 5 brands of dog food and ate various amounts of each. The dependent variable is _____.
What is the amount eaten?
A variable that the researcher has control over or chooses
What is an independent variable?
Rule number one when reading a graph
What is look at the title and labels?
What is tied back?
Constant variables are important in an experiment because we can only test _____ thing(s) at a time.
What is 1 at a time?
A variable that can be measured and depends on another variable. Usually on the y-axis of a graph.
What is a dependent variable?
Name 3 parts of a graph that need labels.
What are the graph title, x-axis, and y-axis?
This is the type of shoe you should wear during labs.
What are closed-toe shoes?
Dogs were given 5 brands of dog food and ate various amounts of each. This experiment will help us learn _____.
What is their favorite brand of food?