Vocab
A possible explanation for a set observations or answer to a scientific question.
What is a hypothesis?
One of the factors that can change in an experiment.
What is a variable?
The variable that a scientist changes.
What is an independent variable?
The variable that changes because of the independent variable.
What is a dependent variable?
Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.
What is data?
The way of learning about the natural world.
What is science?
Using one or more of your five senses to gather information.
What is observing?
Explain or interpret observations.
What is inferring?
Forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.
What is predicting?
The many ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.
What is scientific inquiry?
Test of a hypothesis under conditions established by the scientist.
What is controlled experiment?
A variable not being tested but used for comparison.
What is control?
1/1000
What is milli?
A measure of the gravitational force on an object.
What is weight?
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
Mass/Volume
What is density?
The amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
1 ml = _____cm3
What is 1 cm3?
The basic unit of mass.
What is gram?
The basic unit of volume.
What is liter?
The basic unit of length.
What is meter?
Method used to find the volume of an irregular shaped object.
What is water displacement?
The formula to calculate volume?
What is L x W x H