Scientific Method Randoms
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is the problem or question?
What are observations?
What are variables?
Used to protect eyes
What are goggles?
This tool measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
Should you ever eat or drink anything during a lab
no
How should you deal with broken glass?
What is tell the teacher
This is the variable in the experiment the scientist changes.
What is independent variable?
Making a prediction about the outcome of the experiment
What is creating a hypothesis?
The variable that never changes.
What are constants?
Always follow the ________ given by the teacher.
What is instructions?
This tool measures mass and has a digital display
What is an electronic scale?
During a lab what kind of behavior should you avoid.
What is horseplay.
What should you do if you do not understand how to use a piece of equipment?
What is ask for help
Variable that is measured or observed.
What is the dependent variable?
A statement based on the interpretation of a fact observation
What is inferences?
Variable that is measured or observed.
What is dependent?
You use this to protect your clothes
What is an apron?
This measures the volume of a liquid.
What is a graduated cylinder?
If a want to smell a substance you must
What is waft with me?
Before using any piece of glassware like: test tubes, beakers, ect. you should examine it for
chips, cracks, breaks
Information or observations collected during an experiment
What is data and results?
Determines if the hypothesis was accurate or not.
What is the conclusion?
"How does wing shape affect the distance a plane goes?" In this example the distance the plane goes is...
What is a dependent variable?
Always add this substance last when mixing acid and other substances
What is acid?
This tool is used to see tiny objects and/or organisms.
What is a microscope?
Before performing a lab, you should read ____ of the directions/procedures throughly.
What is all.
The tool used to add tiny amounts of liquid.
What is a dropper?
Once you form a hypothesis you must create a procedure or ________ to test your hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
If...then...
What is a hypothesis stament?
"How does temperature affect the growth of mold?" In this experiment, temperature would be the...
What is the independent variable?
This lab equipment is used to put out small paper fires that might happen in the lab room.
What is the fire extinguisher?
Used to find the length of an object.
What is a meter stick? (yard stick)
Never leave a heat source _______.
What is unattended.
Used for growing cultures of microorganisms
What is a petri dish?