Vocabulary
Steps
Data
Variables
Hypothesis
100
Information collected by the five senses is called....
What is observation?
100
This is a step-by-step procedure that tests your hypothesis.
What is "do an experiment"?
100
List two ways you can display data.
What are graphs, charts, notes, diagrams?
100
This is the variable that is being tested in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
100
This "if/then" statement is a prediction or an educated guess about the outcome of an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
200
When you study something closely it is called an ...
What is investigation?
200
When you do this you are displaying information and recording the progress of your experiment.
What is "collect data"?
200
This graph uses pictures to display data.
What is a pictograph?
200
This variable changes based on the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable?
200
What two things are hidden in a hypothesis?
What are the independent and dependent variables?
300
The bits of information you learn are called....
What is data?
300
You are using your five senses to describe what happened during your experiment.
What is "make observations"?
300
This graph uses points and lines on a grid to show changes.
What is a line graph?
300
This is the variable that is being measured by a scientist in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
300
Use these variables to write a hypothesis.... IV: increase the amount of time in the sun DV: I will get a sunburn.
What is "If I increase the amount of time I spend in the sun, then I will get a sunburn".
400
This is an educated guess about the outcome of an experiment.
What is hypothesis?
400
Each experiment starts out with this. You are determining what you want to learn.
What is "ask a question"?
400
This graph helps compare data.
What is a bar graph?
400
The scientist is in control of this variable in an experiment.
What is an independent variable?
400
Use the following variables to write a hypothesis: IV: increase the temperature in a cup of water DV: increase the amount of sugar that dissolves
What is "If I increase the temperature in a cup of water, then the amount of sugar that dissolves will increase".
500
This is what the scientist tests in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
500
This part of the Scientific Method is when you discuss your findings and answer your question.
What is "draw conclusions"?
500
This graph is a division of data that uses percentages inside the graph to display data.
What is a pie graph?
500
The scientist does not have control over this variable.
What is dependent variable?
500
What is a synonym for hypothesis?
What is an inference or estimate?
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