SCIENTIFIC METHOD
UNITS AND CONVERSIONS
VOCABULARY TERMS
FORCE AND MOTION
EQUIPMENT, SAFETY, ETC.
100
THE STEP OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD THAT IS AN EDUCATED GUESS
What is THE HYPOTHESIS?
100
THE PREFIX THAT MEANS 1000
What is KILO-?
100
A STEP BY STEP PROCESS USED BY SCIENTIST TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS
What is THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD?
100
SPEEDING UP, SLOWING DOWN, OR CHANGING DIRECTION
What is ACCELERATING?
100
THIS IS USED TO MEASURE LIQUIDS
What is A GRADUATED CYLINDER?
200
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS TO BEGIN THIS PROCESS
What is A QUESTION/PROBLEM?
200
THE PREFIX THAT MEANS 1/100 OR .01
What is CENTI-?
200
USING ALL FIVE SENSES TO GATHER INFORMATION
What is OBSERVATION?
200
YOU CAN DESCRIBE THE DIRCECTION OF AN OBJECT'S MOTION USING THIS VOCABULARY TERM
What is A REFERENCE POINT?
200
IF WE NEED TO FIND THE MASS OF AN OBJECT THIS IS OBJECT USED IN CLASS IS HELPFUL
What is A TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE?
300
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO AN EXPERIMENT
What are THE PROCEDURES?
300
THIS IS WHAT THE ABBREVIATION SI STANDS FOR
What is THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS?
300
FACTORS THAT LIMIT HOW YOU CAN SOLVE A PROBLEM/CHALLENGE
What are CONSTRAINTS?
300
AN OBJECT CHANGING POSITION OVER TIME
What is MOTION?
300
THE TEMPERATURE THAT WATER BOILS AT
What is 100 DEGREES CELSIUS OR 212 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT?
400
THIS IS THE VARIABLE IN THE EXPERIMENT THAT THE SCIENTIST CHANGES EACH TIME
What is THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
400
THE BASIC UNITS OF CONVERSIONS
What is METER, LITER, AND GRAMS?
400
DRAWING A CONCLUSION BASED ON YOUR OBSERVATIONS: EX. THE SKY IS BLACK SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN
What is AN INFERENCE?
400
YOU CALCULATE THIS WITH THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: TOTAL DISTANCE DIVIDED BY TIME
What is AVERAGE SPEED?
400
THE CURVED LINE WHERE YOU START TO MEASURE THE VOLUME OF A LIQUID WHEN USING THE APPROPRIATE INSTRUMENT
What is THE MENISCUS?
500
FACTORS OR VARIABLES THAT ARE KEPT THE SAME TO MAKE THE RESULTS FAIR AND RELIABLE
What are THE CONSTANTS?
500
300.25 cm= ______ km
What is .0030025 km?
500
GOALS THAT MUST BE SATISFIED TO BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVE A CHALLENGE?
What are CRITERIA?
500
A CAR DRIVING 60 km/h HEADING EAST ON THE HIGHWAY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS
What is VELOCITY?
500
THE FIRST THING YOU DO WHEN DEALING WITH BROKEN GLASS IN THE LAB
What is INFORM THE TEACHER?
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