Method of Science
A possible explanation or educated guess that helps answer scientific questions.
What is a hypothesis?
The piece of equipment you would use to find the mass of an object.
What is a scale or balance?
The horizontal line on a graph.
What is the X axis?
The process of drawing conclusions based on evidence and reasoning.
What is an inference?
The factor in an experiment that DOES change.
What is a variable?
Before designing an experiment, you should find out what is already known about the topic. Name this step of the scientific method.
What is research information?
The amount of particles or "matter" in something.
What is Mass
The vertical line on a graph.
What is the Y axis?
The groups in an experiment that are getting tested.
What are experimental groups?
The factor in an experiment that DOES NOT change.
What is a control?
The steps commonly used by scientists in gathering information to test a hypothesis and solve problems.
What is the scientific method?
The amount of space something takes up
What is Volume
This type of graph is useful for comparing information collected by counting.
The factor in the experiment that changes and is being controlled to see how it affects the outcome.
What is an independent variable?
This step of the scientific process would include scientists showing graphs, charts, data, and results at scientific meetings, in journals, or putting the information on the Internet.
What is share results?
This is a "rule" of nature - something that has been proven in the scientific world.
What is a scientific law?
Scientist around the world use this system of measurements.
What is the metric or SI system of units?
This type of graph would be used to show trends or how something changes over time.
What is a line graph?
A rule that describes what happens in nature based on many observations.
What is scientific law?
Graphs are a quick way to communicate a lot of this in a small space.
What is information or data?
Process that uses observation & investigation to gain knowledge about events in nature.
What is science?
If you wanted to know the density of an object, you would need to know these 2 things first.
What are mass and volume?
This type of graph would be used if you need to show how a quantity is broken down into percentages.
What is a pie or circle graph?
An explanation that has been proven with the same results many times.
What is theory?
After performing an experiment and looking at your data, you should do this step?
What is form a conclusion?