Measuring Tools
Steps of the Scientific Method
Identifying Variables
Scientific Method Vocabulary
Experiment Scenerios
100
Measures the volume of a liquid
What is measuring cup or graduated cylinder?
100
The first step of the Scientific Method
What is "ask a testable question"?
100
The Effect of Temperature of Water on the Amount of Time to Dissolve a Mint............Identify the Independent Variable
What is "the temperature of the water"?
100
An educated guess to the outcome of an experiment
What is a hypothesis?
100
You only graph these
What is "the averages of your data"?
200
Measures an object's weight or amount of force being applied
What is a spring scale?
200
The second step of the Scientific Method.
What is "Form a Hypothesis"?
200
The Effect of Surface Type on the Speed a Hot Wheel Travels Down a Ramp..........Identify the Dependent Variable
What is "Speed of the Hot Wheel"
200
The thing that you are changing or manipulating in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
200
These are observations made using your five senses.
What are qualitative observations?
300
Measures an object's mass (amount of matter in an object).
What is a balance?
300
The third step in the Scientific Method
What is "Plan the Experiment"?
300
What is the effect of parachute size on the amount of time it takes it to fall to the ground? Identify the Independent Variable.
What is "size of the parachute"?
300
The thing you are measuring in the experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
300
These are observations made using numbers and measurements.
What are quantitative observations?
400
This makes objects appear hundreds of times larger than what it actually is.
What is a microscope?
400
The 4th and 5th steps of the Scientific Method
What is "Conduct the experiment and Record and Interpret Data"?
400
How will the drop height of a basketball effect the number of times it bounces? Identify the IV, DV and 2 Constants
What is "drop height of basketball" "number of times the ball bounces" and "type of ball, surface it's dropped on, amount of air in the ball...."?
400
These are things that stay the same in the experiment or are "controlled".
What are constants?
400
This is the difference between a testable question and a non-testable question.
What is "can be answered by conducting an experiment"?
500
Measures temperature in degrees Celcius and Fahrenheit
What is a thermometer?
500
The final step of the Scientific Method and the things that must be included in it.
What is "Write a Conclusion" "Restate Hypothesis", "Supported or Refuted", "Data Evidence", "Sources of Error", "Questions for Future Study"
500
What is the effect of playing classical, jazz and rock music on the growth rate of a plant?.........Identify the IV, DV, and 2 Constants
What is "Type of Music", "Growth Rate of plant", and "type of plant", "amount of soil", "amount of sunlight", "temperature", "amount of water given to the plant", etc?
500
This is what you call a hypothesis when it turns out how you though it would.
What is "supported"?
500
This variable is graphed on the X axis.
What is "Independent Variable"?
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