The Scientific Method
Explain the Scientific Method.
Answer: Question, Hypothesis, Procedure, Data, Conclusion (includes analysis)
How many factors are tested at a time in a controlled experiment?
Answer: One
What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?
Answer: A =LW
True or False?
Volume can be measure for solid forms as well as liquids.
Answer: True
True or False?
The International System of Units are the units used in the Metric System.
Answer: True
What is a hypothesis?
Answer: A guess or prediction related to the experimental question
True or False?
A controlled experiment can have many variables but only constant.
Answer: False, only one variable
What is the formula for the area of a triangle?
Answer: A= ½(BH)
What is volume?
Answer: The amount of space something has in it
Which of the following are not SI units (metric)? kilometers, seconds, feet, liters, cups
Answer: feet and cups
What is Science?
Answer: Science describes what we know about our world through our observations. We use all five of our senses to make observations about our surroundings, which helps us to understand our world.
The factors that do not change in an experiment are called __________.
Answer: constants
What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 7 inches and a width of 4 inches? Be sure to include the correct label.
Answer: 28 sq. inches
Find the volume of a swimming pool that is 12 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 5 meters deep.
Answer: 360 cubic meters
How many centimeters are in a meter?
Answer: 100
True or False?
We observe Science through only our hands and nose.
Answer: FALSE! We use all of our senses to observe Science
Variables are the factors in an experiment that ______________.
Answer: change
Find the area of a triangle with a base of 4 units and a height of 6 units. What is the area (with the correct label!)?
Answer: 12 inches2
What is the volume of a cube that is 15 millimeters long in each dimension?
Answer: 3,375 mm3
What is the SI unit used to measure mass?
Answer: kilograms
What is the first step of the Scientific Method?
Answer: Ask a question
In an experiment where you are testing different water temperatures and the effect on plant growth, what is the variable?
Answer: the water temperature
Calculate the area of a triangle with a base of 10 inches and a height of 8 inches – What is the area (with the correct label!)?
Answer: 40 inches2
Calculate the volume of a box with a length of 25 cm., a width of 25 cm., and a height of 10 cm. - What is the volume (use the correct label)?
Answer: 6,250 cm.3
Why was the International System of Measurement adopted?
Answer: The International System of Measurement is consistently used in all nations, uses base 10 for easy conversions, used for science