What you use when you make a qualitative observation.
What is your senses?
100
How much water a "boat" can hold when full.
What is capacity?
100
Number of variables you should change in a controlled experiment.
What is 1?
200
The first step of the scientific method
What is state the question/problem?
200
Two words that should be in every hypothesis
What are "if" and "then?"
200
Making a conclusion based on your observations.
What is an inference?
200
Independent variable in lifeboat lab.
What is the capacity of the boats?
200
Factors that can affect the results of an experiment.
What is a variable?
300
Studying and deciding what the data means
What is analyzing?
300
This is what is measured or observed.
What is dependent variable?
300
The pizza smells like pepperoni.
What is an observation(qualitative)?
300
Dependent variable in the lifeboat lab.
What is number of pennies/passengers?
300
The group in an investigation in which the independent variable is applied.
What is experimental group?
400
This should be done before you make your hypothesis.
What is research/collect information?
400
This is what is being changed.
What is independent variable?
400
Using measurements to collect information.
What is a quantitative observation?
400
Three variables that we tried to control during the lab.
What is water on pennies, placement of pennies, height of drop of pennies, placing pennies of boats one at a time, year of the penny?
400
Mrs. Bentley has two groups of pet cats. They don't want to use their litter box. One group gets a treat every time they use their litter box. One group does not.
Name the control group.
What is the group that doesn't get the treat?
500
Three things you should include in your conclusion
What are results of the experiment, any errors, did results agree with hypothesis, what did you learn?
500
Name three things that are wrong with the following hypothesis:
I think they will get bigger.
What is no subject, no independent variable, "I think" is incorrect?
500
It must have rained because there is water on the ground.
What is an inference?
500
Two metals that make up pennies minted after 1983.
What are copper and zinc?
500
Experiments can only answer these kinds of questions.