Lab Safety
Safety Equipment
Steps of the Scientific Method
Quantitative or Qualitative?
Variables and Constants
100
Horseplay, gum chewing, eating, or drinking
What is not allowed in lab?
100
Located beside the teacher's desk.
What is the eyewash station?
100
Written in the form of "If....., then......, because...."
What is the hypothesis?
100
Generic, nonnumeric, subjective sights, sounds, or smells.
What are Qualitative Observtions?
100
You want to see if playing music makes plants grow taller. "playing music" is the...
What is the independent variable?
200
Pull the plug and use extinguisher if necessary.
What do you do if there is an electrical fire?
200
Located under the TV.
What is the fire blanket?
200
Detailed steps in an experiment.
What is the procedure?
200
Specific, numeric, objective sights, sounds, or smells.
What are Quantitative Observations?
200
A soap manufacturer wants to prove that their detergent works better to remove tough stains. "removal of tough stains" is the....
What is what is the dependent variable?
300
Tie hair back, wear shoes, no baggy clothing, no hanging jewlery.
What is the dress code in lab?
300
Located through the storage room door to the left.
What is the fire extinguisher?
300
Information that can be collected, organized, graphed, and analyzed.
What is data?
300
Data that is reported as numbers.
What is Quantitative data?
300
Someone is doing an experiment to determine how winter temperature affects how tall a tulip bulb will grow. "Pots, soil, and water used" are examples of....
What are constants?
400
Get to fresh air.
What should you do if you get a headache or become dizzy?
400
Located in the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet.
What is the first aid kit?
400
States whether or not the hypothesis was correct and is supported by your results.
What is the conclusion?
400
Data written in words as descriptions.
What is Qualitative Data?
400
Variable that goes along the x-axis.
What is the independent variable?
500
When you are holding an object away from your nose and waving your hand to bring the aroma (smell) toward your nose.
What is wafting?
500
Located on a shelf in the storage room.
What are the goggles?
500
The purpose of the experiment that is written as a question.
What is the problem?
500
Zebras have lots of black stripes. This is a ____________ observation.
What is Qualitative?
500
Variable that goes along the y-axis.
What is the dependent variable?
M
e
n
u