Vocab
Something objective that is based on information gathered from the five senses (ex. The ground is wet.).
What is an observation?
The SI unit for length.
What is meter?
Convert 74 kg to g.
What is 74,000 g?
Convert 41,000 to scientific notation.
What is 4.1 x 104?
What is a hypothesis?
Something subjective that is based on opinions or assumptions using context (ex. it rained.).
What is an inference?
The SI unit for time.
What is seconds?
Convert 5 miles to feet.
What is 26,400 feet?
Convert 0.000057 to scientific notation.
What is 5.7 x 10-5?
The part of the experiment that serves as a standard for comparison.
A ratio of equivalent values
100 cm / 1 m
1 kg / 2.2 lbs
What is a conversion factor?
The SI unit for volume.
What is liter?
Convert 401 K to oC.
What is 128oC?
Convert 7.0206 x 103 to standard notation.
What is 7020.6?
What is the dependent variable?
An explanation of WHY things or events happen based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.
What is a theory?
The SI unit for temperature.
What is Kelvin?
Convert 40oC to oF.
What is 104oF?
Convert 8.012 x 10-2 to standard notation.
What is 0.08012?
A factor that does NOT change in an experiment.
What is a constant?
A description about HOW things happen in nature that seems to be true all the time.
What is a law?
The SI unit for mass.
What is kilogram?
Convert 1760 cm to hm.
What is 0.176 hm?
Convert 300,000,000 to scientific notation.
What is 3.0 x 108?
This is the best type of graph to show percentages of a whole.
What is a circle graph (pie graph, pie chart)?