Terms
What is a hypothesis?
A testable idea or explanation that leads to a scientific investigation.
What is a pie graph?
A sliced circular graph that displays data.
What is a system?
A group of related parts with specific roles that work together
What scientific instrument is used to measure temperature?
Thermometer.
Someone wants to conduct an experiment to see what days in a week are most popular for theater-viewing. They host the play every day for a week. What is the independent variable?
The different days that the show is hosted on.
What is an independent variable?
The factor that manipulated in an experiment.
What is a bar graph?
A graph that uses vertical or horizontal bars to show comparisons among two or more items.
What is a heating system?
A mechanism for maintaining temperatures at an acceptable level by using thermal energy.
What scientific instrument is used to measure length?
Ruler.
Someone wants to conduct an experiment to see what days in a week are most popular for theater-viewing. They host the play every day for a week. What is the dependent variable?
The amount of people that show up.
What is a dependent variable?
The factor that measured to create results.
What is a line graph?
A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time.
What is a circulatory system?
The circulatory system delivers oxygen and nutrients to cells and takes away waste.
In science, what unit is distance measured in?
Meters.
Someone wants to conduct an experiment to see what days in a week are most popular for theater-viewing. They host the play every day for a week. Saturday and Sunday have been found to have the largest audience. What conclusion can be drawn from this data?
People go to shows more often when they don't have school.
What is a control variable?
Something kept the same without added factors for the purposes of comparison.
What is quantitative data?
Data that is in numbers.
What is an agricultural system?
A collection of components that has as its overall purpose the production of crops and raising livestock to produce food, fiber, and energy from the Earth's natural resources.
What scientific instrument is used to measure volume?
Graduated cylinder.
Someone wants to conduct an experiment to see what days in a week are most popular for theater-viewing. They host the play every day for a week. What variable could possibly skew the results (factors that could influence data other than the days of the week)?
Examples of a possible response: Difference in the time hosted.
What are the 5 steps of the scientific method?
Make an observation, define the problem/ask a question, form a hypothesis, conduct the experiment, draw a conclusion.
What is qualitive data?
Information describing color, odor, shape, or some other physical characteristic.
What is a watershed?
The area of land that drains or sheds water into a specific receiving body of water.
What scientific instrument is used to measure mass or weight?
Balance.
If someone wanted to study the effects of how tall flowers grow depending on the fertilizer, what would the setup for the experiment look like? Include the independent variable, dependent variable, and control group.
One pot uses no fertilizer, one pot uses fertilizer A, and another pot uses fertilizer B. The control is the pot without fertilizer, the dependent variable is the height of the flowers, and the independent variable is the type of fertilizer.