Vocabulary
Study of Science
Lab and Lab Report
Variables
Lab equipment
100
Uses numbers and measurements to quantify something
What is quantitative?
100
The type of data that scientists record from making observations using the 5 senses based on qualities?
Qualitative data
100
What was the I.V. and D.V. for the Soap/Sanitizer lab?
I.V. = cleaning Methods/Products
D.V. = bacterial growth
100
What is the independent variable?
The variable that is being changed or manipulated by the scientist. It is the "cause" in a hypothesis.
100
Type of equipment used for small chemical reactions, but never used for measurements.
test tube
200
After makings observations you begin to draw these conclusions.
What is an inference?
200
All scientific experiments require these two variables
Independent and dependent
200
How many paragraphs are in the Analysis section?
3
200
I.V.?
If people eat high-sugar diets, then they are more likely to develop depression.
sugar in diets
200
What is the best equipment to use when measuring volume?
Graduated cylinder
300
The investigation and exploration of natural events that occur in the world around us.
What is science?
300
Look at the picture. Make a qualitative observation, a quantitative observation, and an inference.
Qualitative = observation that describes qualities using words
Quanitative = observation using numbers
Inference = A guess about an object or outcome based on your observations
300
According to the graph in the lab report, what was the most effective method and product for eliminating bacteria?
Equate sanitizer
300
The variables that remain the same for all trials in an investigation so that the experiment can be VALID.
Constant variables
300
On the whiteboard, write the unit used to measure temperature in the lab.
oC
400
A well-supported explanation of the natural world (hint: explains WHY something happens).
What is theory?
400
DAILY DOUBLE: What type of question do laws in science answer about scientific phenomenoms?
Laws help to explain HOW phenomenoms occur in science.
400
What type of information about the lab should you have included at the beginning of the conclusion paragraph in your lab report?
Restate the hypothesis and state whether the data supported or rejected it.
400
Name the control to the following experiment. How does the amount of water effect the growth of a plant? You give three different plants 1 cup of water, 2 cups of water, and no water
no water
400
What are the units used to measure length, volume, and mass.
meter, liter, grams
500
The application of scientific discoveries to meet human needs and goals through the development of products and processes
What is technology?
500
What are the steps of the scientific method?
question, research, hypothesis, experiment, analyze data, conclusion
500
What were the 3 incubation conditions used for the petri dishes at the end of the lab?
dark location, room temperature, 3 days
500
DAILY DOUBLE: How does parachute size effect the rate of a falling object? Name the independent variable and dependent variable
Size of the parachute and the rate of a falling object
500
Which of the following measurements are being precise, and how do you know?
35.2 cm, 48 mL, 963 kg, 7.14 g
35.2 cm and 7.14 g
Measuring to a more precise value, tenth and hundreth place