Scientific Method
An observation that involves numbers
What is Quantitative?
A good scientific question must be ________
What is testable/measurable?
The variables in the experiment that never changes.
What are constants?
_______ is the unit of measurement for liquids.
What is liter/milliliter?
If you go to the moon, your ________ changes but your _______ doesn't.
weight mass
A guess or prediction of an outcome
What is a hypothesis?
The constant variable is different than the independent variable because
What is the constant stays the same the independent changes?
Things in your experiment that you can change or measure.
What is a variable?
Formula for density is __________
What is mass / volume?
How much space an object takes up.
What is volume?
An observation that involves a description
What is qualitative?
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is question or problem?
The variable in the experiment that is changed or compared by the scientist.
What is an independent variable?
What is newtons?
How much matter is in an object.
What is mass?
A universal system to test ideas and theories
What is the scientific method?
This step of the scientific method summarizes the entire investigation.
What is the conclusion?
"How does wing shape affect the distance a plane flies?" In this example, the distance the plane flies it the ...?
What is a dependent variable?
Mass is measured in ________.
What are grams?
The force of gravity on an object.
What is weight?
A variable that is purposfully changed in the experiment
What is a independent variable?
What words are included in a well written hypothesis?
If...then...because.
How does temperature affect the growth of mold? In this investigation temperature is which variable?
What is the independent variable?
What is a graduated cylinder?
The amount of algae growth in lakes seems to be directly related to the number of bags of phosphate fertilizer sold by the local merchants. What is the dependent variable?
What is the amount of algae in the lakes?
Using new information and what you already know to draw a conclusion.
What is an inference?
Making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence
prediction
This is used to record your experimental data.
What is a graph or table?
Type of observations that deal with data that can be observed with our senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. They do not involve measurements or numbers.
qualitative observation
The formula for finding the volume of a regular shaped object.
What is L x W x H?
This group in an experiment does not get the independent variable.
What is a control group?
How much mass there is within a certain space.
What is density?