Scientific Inquiry
Lab Safety
What is Physical Science
Vocabulary
Exp. Design
100
When you attempt to answer your initial question (Step 1) within the scientific method/inquiry.
What is Form Hypthesis (Step 2)
100
Handle breakable materials, such as glassware, with care.
What is Breakage
100
Knowledge about or study of the natural world
What is Science
100
Forecast for what might occur in the future based on past evidence.
What is Prediction
100
Where you must display the independent variable data on the line graph.
What is the X - axis.
200
This is the step where you may make observations.
What is Posing Questions
200
Use of an oven mitt or other hand protections when handling hot materials such as hot plates or hot glassware.
What is Heat-Resistant Gloves
200
Two keywords to use or identify an Inference
What is Because or must
200
The variable that does not change within an experiment
What is Constant
200
Observations that display measurements.
What is Quantitative Observations
300
The step name where one would organize their data observed during an experiment
What is Interpreting Your Data (step 4)
300
Draw the "Poison" safety symbol
What is Skull and Crossbones
300
When you group together items that are alike in some way.
What is Classifying
300
Explanation of an observation
What is an inference
300
Factor that changes because of the independent variable
What is the Dependent Variable.
400
Name the step where you would ask yourself the following questions: "What would you do differently? What went wrong that would have skewed my results?"
What is Drawing Conclusions
400
Work in a ventilated area when harmful vapors may be involved.
What is Fumes
400
A fact about nature that is always true!
What is Scientific Law
400
Explanation of things or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and experiments
What is a Scientific Theory
400
Find the Control: Norm wanted to know if adding peat moss to sand would affect its ability to hold water. He put 200 mL of pure sand into container A. He put a mixture of 80% sand and 20% peat moss into container B. He put a mixture of 60% sand and 40% peat moss into container C. He put a mixture of 40% sand and 60% peat moss into container D. He added water to each container and measured the amount of water the contents would absorb. He dried the sand and peat moss and repeated the experiment 5 times. He collected the following data.
What is 200 mL of pure sand
500
Name all the steps of the scientific method in order.
What are: Pose a question, Develop a hypothesis, Design and experiment, interpret data, draw conclusions, communicate .
500
Draw the "Electric Shock" safety symbol
What is Plug/cord and lightning bolt.
500
The three main skills scientists use to when studying the natural world
What is observing, predicting, inferring
500
The standard used for the comparison of test results.
What is the Control
500
What is the IV, DV, and the Control: SpongeBob noticed that his favorite pants were not as clean as they used to be. His friend Sandy told him that he should try using Clean-O detergent, a new brand of laundry soap she found at Sail-Mart. SpongeBob made sure to wash one pair of pants in plain water and another pair in water with the Clean-O detergent. After washing both pairs of pants a total of three times, the pants washed in the Clean-O detergent did not appear to be any cleaner than the pants washed in plain water.
IV: Soap DV: Cleanliness Control: Pants in water
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