Scientific Inquiry
Measurements
Mathematics and Science
100
A hypothesis.
What is a step in scientific inquiry that is a possible explanation for a set of observations.
100
What SI units stand for.
What is the International System of Units abbreviation?
100
An estimate.
What is approximation of a number based on reasonable assumption.
200
A manipulated variable and a responding variable.
What is something in an experiment that is purposely changed and what is a expected change because of the manipulated variable.
200
The way to find the volume of an irregular solid.
What is the submersion method, where you measure an amount of water in a container, add a solid object, measure the amount of water, and subtract the original amount of water?
300
A scientific theory
What is a well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results.
300
The difference between mass and weight.
What is weight being the force of gravity on an object, and mass being the amount of of matter an object contains.
400
A scientific law
What is a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen under a specific set of conditions. What is a rule of nature called?
400
Basic units of length. Basic units of weight. Basic units of mass. Basic units of volume. Density
What is meters(m), a newton(N) and pound, a gram, cubic meter, cubic centimeter, mass/volume.
500
Steps of scientific inquiry.
What is the steps of hypothesis, designing an experiment, collecting and interpreting data,drawing conclusions and communicating?
500
The reason when why ice floats.
What is when water freezes, it expands, but the mass stays the same. When this happens, the ice seems to become larger, but it becomes more spread out, making it less dense, even if only a little bit, so it makes it less dense.
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