Scientific Method Randoms
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is the problem or question?
This step is "recording data"
What is the 4th step of the scientific method?
Things in your experiment that you can change or measure.
V--------
What are variables?
Two types of data reports
graph and table
A way to explore the natural world.
What is the scientific method?
Mass is the amount of ____________ in a item.
Matter/ weight
Liquid volume is how much _____________ a liquid takes up.
What is space
Should you ever eat or drink anything during a lab
no
Are sharks mammals?
Sharks are a type of fish.
How should you deal with broken glass?
What is tell the teacher
This is the variable in the experiment the scientist changes.
What is independent variable?
This is the 2nd step of the scientific method.
What is creating a hypothesis?
The variable that never changes.
What are constants?
you use on your eyes to protect them in the lab
What is safety goggles?
An educated guess
What is an hypothesis?
what units do you use to measure mass?
gr--s
What is grams
What unit do you use to measure liquids?
l----s
What is liters
During a lab, you should never work___________
What is alone
Why do birds fly south for the winter?
To find the food they need, birds will migrate.
What should you do if you do not understand how to use a piece of equipment?
What is ask for help
Mistakes made by humans during an experiment.
h---- e----
What is human error?
Materials and Procedure
What is the 3rd step of the scientific method?
The variable that is changed or compared.
What is an independent variable?
You use this to protect your clothes
What is a lab coat?
Wikipedia is not one of them, however textbooks and Mrs. Carlson are.
re------ resources
What are reliable resources?
What tool do you use to weigh the mass of an object?
b------
What is a balance
The tool used to measure liquid volume?
cy------
What is a graduated cylinder
If a fire drill occurs during a lab, you must
What is close all chemicals and shut off any equipment
Why is the sky blue?
The way the sun’s light travels through the atmosphere makes the sky look blue.
Colors travel in waves. blue light has a much shorter wavelength. Shorter wavelengths, bump into the gas molecules and scatter in different directions.
Before using any piece of glassware like: test tubes, beakers, ect. you should examine it for
chips, cracks, breaks
A place to record your data.
What is a graph or table?
This step uses the following template. "According to my data...This is proved by...Therefore..."
What is the 5th step of the scientific method or conclusion?
"How does wing shape affect the distance a plane goes?" In this example the distance the plane goes is...?
What is a dependent variable?
moving at an unsafe speed in the lab
What is running?
Tool used to see stars in the sky
What is a telescope?
When weighing the mass of an elephant, what units would use to measure it?
K-------s
What is kilograms
What units would be used to measure the amount of water in the ocean?
k-------r
What is kiloliter
Before performing a lab, you should read the directions/procedures
What is more than once
How do flies walk on the ceiling?
A fly has foot pads that are covered in tacky glue.
When using a microscope you start with this objective lens
What is scanning objective lens
Last step of scientific method.
What is a conclusion?
If...then...because. This is used during this step.
h---------
What is formulating a hypothesis?
How does temperature affect the growth of mold? Temp. A = 50 degrees Temp B = 60 degrees and Temp. C = 70 degrees.
Temperature is which variable?
What is the independent variable?
Used to protect your hands
What is rubber gloves?
need to make this before I can do an experiment
What is a plan or procedure?
About what is the mass of a regular paper clip?
What is 1 gram
How can we remove the water from a solution?
What is heat?
Before mixing any chemicals that you are unsure of you should
what is get the teachers permission
How are rainbows made?
A rainbow is formed when light hits water droplets in the air and is refracted, or bent.
used for looking at micro-organisms
what is a microscope?