Vocabulary
Measurements
Identifying control and variables
Scientific method
Vocabulary 2
100

The part of the experiment that stays the same?

Constant

100

What does a graduated cylinder measure?

Volume  

100

Which variable does not depend on another?

Independent variable 

100

True or false. You should conduct an experiment more than one time?

True

100

Something that you ask before forming a hypothesis?

Question 

200

The information you collect during an
experiment is called...

Data

200

What unit is used to describe time?

Time

200

Janet has a flower garden wants to test if her orchids will grow in different fertilizers, so she grows one with fertilizer A, one with fertilizer B, and one with no fertilizer. After a week the with fertilizer A grows to 6 cm tall, fertilizer B grows 4 cm, and no fertilizer grows 4.5 cm. Which is the control variable?

No fertilizer 

200

What is a prediction on what might happen during the experiment called?

Hypothesis 

200

What is a part of the experiment that is affected by the independent variable?

Depend variable 

300

What do you write at the end of an experiment based off the data you wrote?

Conclusion 

300

What are the 3 base units of measurement for the metric system ?

Liters, grams, and meters

300

You go to the store and you want to find out when is the best time to get peaches. You notice the price of peaches cost 1.25 per pound in the winter, .95 per pound in the summer and a 1.00 in fall and spring . What is the dependent variable?

Time of the year 

300

Which step in the scientific method uses graphs?

Results/data

300

What is used to conduct research using observations and experiments to test hypothesis… 

Scientific method  

400

What are the procedures done to test a hypothesis

Experiment 

400

List the prefix used in the metric system from greatest to least 

Kilo, hecto, deca,base,Deci,centi,mili

400

Jaylen wants to see which bleach is better for his white clothes tide or oxiclean. He tested both of them and found out that oxiclean was better? What is the control variable?

There is none

400

What is the first step of scientific method?

Observation 

400

Something used to measure the data from an experiment is called a …

Graph/chart

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