Observations that describe general qualities such as color, texture, appearance, relative size or magnitude.
What are qualitative observations?
100
Used to compare parts of a whole.
What is a circle graph?
100
The measuring instrument used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
Often written in "if... then" format.
What is a hypothesis?
200
The variable that is manipulated by the experimenter on purpose.
What is the independent variable?
200
Observations that describe the change in measured factors Recording using numbers (ex. a pH of 3, 4 mL of gas, 100 degrees Celsius).
What are quantitative observations?
200
The graph that helps determine how one factor causes a change in the other. It can show change over time.
What is a line graph?
200
The metric base unit for mass.
What is a gram?
200
The foundational concepts that govern the way scientists develop explanations about the natural world.
What is the nature of science?
300
The level of the independent variable that is chosen as the standard of comparison for the results.
What is the control?
300
The type of observation that an ordered position (something being ranked as 1st place, 2nd place, etc.) is.
What is qualitative data?
300
A logical explanation based on background knowledge and observations.
What is an inference?
300
Another name for the International System of Units.
What is the metric system?
300
Grouping or ordering objects or events according to similarities or differences in properties.
What is classifying?
400
The factor that is measured, counted, or observed objectively.
What is the dependent variable?
400
The organizational tool used to analyze data and to report it to other people.
What is a data table?
400
Graph used to determine if there is a correlation between variables. The data is represented by plotted points.
What is a scatterplot (scattergram)?
400
An easier way to work with very large and very small numbers.
What is scientific notation?
400
A procedure that helps scientists avoid bias in their research.
What is peer review?
500
Making a very specific prediction about the relationship between variables based on evidence that can be tested through experimentation.
What is hypothesizing?
500
When measurement is conducted, measurement scales are read to the nearest marked line and then one more decimal place is estimated. The purpose of this procedure is-
What is to achieve the most precise measurement possible?
500
The two graph types that best display qualitative data.
What are circle graphs and bar graphs?
500
A branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers.