Variables
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Measurement
Bonus
100
Independent variable
What is the variable you intentionally change?
100
Information, often in the form of facts or numbers, obtained from experiments or surveys.
What is data?
100
A possible explanation or answer to the question made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
What is a hypothesis?
100
The metric unit of measure for liquids
What are Liters?
100
One tank of gold fish is fed the normal amount of food once a day, a second tank is fed twice a day, and a third tank four times a day during a six week study. The fish’s weight is recorded daily. This is the independent variable
What is how many times a day the fish are fed?
200
Controlled variable
What is a variable that is kept the same?
200
Using your 5 senses to gather factual information.
What are observations?
200
The ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather.
What is scientific inquiry?
200
There are this many millimeters in one meter
What is 1000 millimeters?
200
This is how we smell things in the science lab
What is wafting?
300
The variable you observe changes in
What is the dependent variable?
300
A conclusion or possible explanation based on your observations, past experiences, and prior knowledge.
What is an inference?
300
Data or observations that are expressed in numbers
What is quantitative?
300
There are this many grams in a kilogram
What is 1000 grams?
300
Sponge Bob notices that his pal Gary is suffering from slimotosis, which occurs when the shell develops a nasty slime and gives off a horrible odor. His friend Patrick tells him that rubbing seaweed on the shell is the perfect cure, while Sandy says that drinking Dr. Kelp will be a better cure. Sponge Bob decides to test this cure by rubbing Gary with seaweed for 1 week and having him drink Dr. Kelp. After a week of treatment, the slime is gone and Gary’s shell smells better. This is the dependent variable.
What is to the odor and appearance of slime?
400
The dependent variable in the "Water in Living Things" lab
What is the percentage of water?
400
Tells whether the data does or does not support the hypothesis and how. Attempts to explain the meaning of strange data. Suggests improvements to the experiment to avoid errors in data.
What is the conclusion?
400
Data or observations that are descriptive and do not use numbers
What is qualitative?
400
This is the tool scientists use to record accurate measurements of liquids
What is a graduated cylinder?
400
This is the total magnification of a compound microscope that has an ocular lens of 10X and the objective lens is 20X.
What is a magnification of 200X?
500
The independent variable Francesco Redi's experiment with meat
What are covered and uncovered jars of meat?
500
This is the step where you will most likely have a table and/or graph
What is data analysis?
500
A group used in an experiment that is used for comparison, no experimenting is done to it
What is a control group?
500
King Henry Died Drinking Chocolate Milk stands for this
What is kilo, hecto, deca, deci, centi, milli?
500
This is why the microscopes we use are called compound.
What is the light passes through two lenses on the microscopes?
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