Independent & Dependent
The variable you are changing on purpose
What is the independent variable?
An example:
The Effect of Color on Animal Response
What is a title?
The digits we know for sure in a measurement plus one guess
What are significant figures?
2901500 in scientific notation
What is 2.9015 x 106?
The study of the natural world
What is science?
The effect of amount of light on plant growth
What is plant growth?
The format used to write a hypothesis
What is an "if-then" statement?
A valid measurement for card #1 at your table.
What is 23.9 mL?
0.0000518 in scientific notation
What is 5.18 x 10-5?
Scientists develop these as they study the natural world.
What are models?
The independent variable in this scenario:
The effect of type of soap on bacterial growth
Megan tests the impact of temperature on reaction rates.
What is "The Effect of Temperature on Reaction Rates?"
A valid measurement for card #2 at your table.
What is 3.57 cm?
8.14 x 103 in standard form
What is 8140?
Christians embrace science for this reason
What is helping us learn more about God's world?
Sara looks at plant growth under three different colors of light.
If the amount of water increases, animal growth will increase.
What is the amount of water?
2052 mm converted to m
What is 2.052 m?
The percent error in this scenario:
Jenna got a measurement of 8.78 g/cm3 for the density of copper. The accepted value is 8.96 g/cm3.
What is -2%?
2059
What is 3?
The variable in this scenario being tested:
How does the amount of time studying affect student test scores?
What is the amount of time studying?
John wants to test how the height of a person impacts their wingspan.
0.00851 kg converted to cg
What is 851 cg?
The percent error for this scenario:
Derek found the boiling point of ethanol to be 143 degrees. The accepted value is 173 degrees.
What is -17.3%?
The formula for percent error
What is (experimental - accepted) / accepted x 100?