Scientific Inquiry Process
Graphs
Variables
Observation or Inference
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100
The first step/steps of the scientific inquiry process is?
What is make an observation and ask a question.
100
The x axis represents which variable?
What is the Independent variable
100
What are the two types of variables stated in a hypothesis?
What is Independent and Dependent.
100
What are the two types of Observation?
Qualitative and Quantitative
100
True or false. The reasoning portion of a CER is written in paragraph form?
What is True
200
A prediction about what will happen in an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
200
The Y axis represents which variable?
What is the dependent variable
200
What is the responding variable or the thing that the scientist is measuring?
What is the Dependent Variable
200
A statement that is based in assumptions about observations that have been made are known as?
What is an inference
200
The higher the temperature of the water, the faster the egg will boil. a. Independent Variable (IV): b. Dependent Variable (DV): c. Constant Variable (CV):
Independent Variable (IV): Temperature b. Dependent Variable (DV): Egg c. Control/Constant Variable (CV): how much water, the type of egg
300
Information gathered by scientists during an experiment than then has to be organized into a chart of graph.
What is data?
300
Two types of charts or graphs you could make when you organize your data in an experiment.
What are line, bar, pie/circle ane picture graphs?
300
What is the term we use to describe the manipulated variable or factor that the experimenter intentionally changes?
What is Independent Variable.
300
Observation or inference? There are 10 birds in the tree outside the window.
What is observation
300
Students of different age groups were asked to put the same jigsaw puzzle together,
they were timed to see how long it took.
a. IV:
b. DV:
c. CV:
a. IV: Age Group
b. DV: the time it took to put the puzzle together
c. CV: jigsaw puzzle
400
The final answer to your question that you think is true based on your results. This is a summary paragraph to pull all of our information together to give to our reader.
What is a conclusion/reasoning?
400
What month has the most birthdays?
What is June
400
In an experiment this is the standard to which results are compared is known as?
What is the control
400
Observation or Inference? There must be a lot of fish in the lake because there are ten fishermen on the shore.
What is an inference
400
The higher the temperature of the air in the oven, the faster a cake will bake. a. IV: b. DV: c. CV:
IV: Temperature of oven
DV: Cake baking time
CV: Ingredients
500
Information gathered by reading books, looking on the internet or talking to other people.
What is background research?
500
What are the two most popular social media websites?
What is Facebook and YouTube
500
Find the independent and dependent variables in the following experiment: The blood pressure of a soldier is measured while he is resting. The soldier is then exposed to a stressful environment and his blood pressure is measured again.
What is Independent variable is the environment the solder is in. Dependent variable is the blood pressure of the solder.
500
Observation or inference? The children must love homework because they all completed it.
What is an inference
500
Fish Eggs: A scientist knows that the percent of fish eggs that hatch is affected by the temperature of the water in the aquarium. She is attempting to identify which water temperature will cause the highest percentage of fish eggs to hatch. The scientist sets up 5 aquariums at the following temperatures: 10℃, 20℃, 30℃, 40℃, and 50℃. She adds 50 fish eggs to each aquarium and records the number of eggs that hatch in each aquarium. a. IV: b. DV: c. List 3 variables that should be controlled (held constant):
IV: Water temperature
DV: Fish eggs hatched
CV: Amount of water, type of fish, size of aquarium