Method of Science
A factor that does not change in an experiment.
What is a constant?
The piece of lab equipment we used to measure water in the lab.
What is a graduated cylinder?
You put a beaker of water in the sun and measure the temperature every 10 minutes for 1 hour. The sun is _____variable.
What is an independent variable?
An interval between two occurring events.
What is time?
This SI unit is used to measure temperature.
What is Kelvin?
Theory: based on experiments - most logical explanation
Law: rule of nature that sums up related observations to describe a pattern in nature: Example - gravity
What is the difference between a scientific theory and law
The SI unit used to measure length.
What is a meter?
The variable plotted on the y-axis.
An organized set of investigation procedures.
What is the scientific method?
The amount of matter in an object is measured by its...
The piece of lab equipment you would use to measure 10 grams of sand.
What is a scale or balance?
In our lab, digital scales were used to determine.
What is mass?
What is a line graph?
A conclusion is formed in a scientific investigation based on_____
What is data?
The term used to describe how much space something takes up.
An organized procedure for testing a hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
Density is a derived unit determined by...
What is mass and volume?
The type of graph used to show 50% of students have a dog, 25% have a cat, 25% have a chicken.
What is a pie or circle graph?
A testable prediction...
What is a hypothesis?
An idea, event, or object that can be used to represent something you are trying to explain.
What is a model
This SI unit is used to measure time.
What is a second?
A visual display of information or data.
What is a graph?
line graph, circle graph, bar graph
What are three types of graphs?
Multiply l x w x h.
How do you find the volume of a solid?