A place to organize all the information a scientist will gather during an experiment.
What is a DATA TABLE?
100
A common means of communicating findings to scientists of all nationalities - the language of science.
What is MATHEMATICS?
100
A tool that makes collecting, organizing, processing, and displaying large amounts of scientific data much easier.
What is computer technology?
100
Objects that act as extensions of a scientist's senses
What are TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS?
200
The process of obtaining information by using the senses.
What is OBSERVATION?
200
What is the factor in an experiment that is deliberately manipulated or changed?
What is the independent variable?
200
Use of these maintains the validity of a scientists results because they indicate the precision of the tool used by demonstrating the CERTAINTY of MEASUREMENTS made with the tool.
What are SIGNIFICANT FIGURES?
200
The application of science for practical purposes; the use of tools, machines, materials, and processes to meet human needs.
What is TECHNOLOGY?
200
Any graph that is not a straight line.
What is a NONLINEAR GRAPH?
300
descriptive information that is not expressed as a number.
What is a QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION?
300
in an experiment, the factor that changes as a result of manipulation of one or more other factors.
What is DEPENDENT VARIABLE?
300
the number obtained by adding up the data for a given characteristic and dividing this sum by the number of individuals.
What is the MEAN?
300
An important that allow scientists to perform multiple trials of complex experiments rapidly and efficiently.
What are models?
300
This shows the relationship between the two variables studied in the experiment.
What is a trend?
400
information that is expressed in terms of quantity or numbers.
What is a QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATION?
400
reference lines marking the borders of a graph - the first horizontally and the second vertically (must be named in right order!)
What are the X and Y axes?
400
the value of the middle item when data are arranged in order by size.
What is the MEDIAN?
400
guidelines that direct scientists to consider consequences of their work, communicate findings to other scientists and to the public, while also protecting the rights of experimental subjects?
What are SCIENTIFIC ETHICS?
400
the most frequently occurring value in a data set.
What is the MODE?
500
the principles and values of proper scientific conduct.
What is SCIENTIFIC ETHICS?
500
Shows the general relationship between two variables in the graph. It also shows how data vary from the overall relationship
What is the "line of best fit?"
500
the mode of this data: 2,3,3,3,3,5,5,6,7
What is "3?"
500
an issue in science that is controversial and challenges scientists to consider the possible ETHICAL issues involved in such advancements?
What is HUMAN CLONING, STEM CELL RESEARCH, $$$SPEND ON SPACE exploration VS. EARTH-centered PROJECTS, etc......
500
A measuring device used to measure liquids and is more precise than a common measuring cup found in the kitchen