EL #1 "Science"
EL #2 "Experiments"
EL #3 "Variables"
EL #4 "Controlling Variables
Misc.
100
This area of science involves the study of plants and animals.
What is life science (biology)?
100
The way scientists use their senses to collect information.
What is observation?
100
Anything that can change the outcome of an experiment.
What is a variable?
100
The number of variables that should be changed in an experiment.
What is one?
100
Billy forgot about this variable when he conducted his ice cream experiment.
What is temperature?
200
This area of science involves the study of Earth.
What is geology?
200
When drawing conclusions, scientists must back up their claims with ___________.
What is evidence?
200
Identify at least one variable in this question: What effect does the speed of a car have on its braking distance?
1) the speed of the car 2) the car's braking distance
200
This is a study done in which only one variable is changed at a time to test its effect on the outcome.
What is a controlled experiment?
200
A ____________________ is a visual representation of data from an experiment.
What is a graph?
300
A scientist who studies the planets and outer space.
What is an astronomer.
300
During experiments, scientists use tables to collect and record _________.
What is data.
300
Identify at least one variable in the following question: What effect does elevation have on air temperature?
1) elevation 2) air temperature
300
A consumer group is interested in the effects of the speed and the weight of a truck on a truck’s gas mileage. They drive one truck at 30 miles/hour and the other one at 45 miles/hour on the same road. They must also make sure that the two trucks have the same __________.
weight, brand, design, tires
300
Types of graphs include scatter-plot, bar, and _______.
What is line?
400
This is the study of non-living matter and energy.
What is physical science (chemistry and physics)?
400
Scientists use _________________, an organized study, to answer their questions.
What is an experiment?
400
Identify at least one variable in the following question: How does caffeine affect a person's heart rate?
1) the amount of caffeine 2) the person's heart rate
400
A group of students is making paper airplanes. They think that the kind of paper may affect how far each paper airplane flies. Name one other variable that they must control (or keep the same) the ensure they have a fair test.
Design of airplane, weights on airplane, wing span
400
When making a scatter-plot graph, drawing this in will help you to see the pattern (or trend) of the data.
What is trend (best fit) line?
500
This is the way all science starts.
What is "With a question"? (question)
500
These testable explanations are typically in an "if...then..." format.
What is a hypothesis?
500
Name three variables that could affect the growth of a plant.
What is the amount of sunlight, the amount of water, and the amount of soil nutrients, type of plant?
500
A student thinks that there are three variables (X, Y and Z) that may affect the result of her experiment. What should the student do to each variable to find the effect of variable X on the result of the experiment?
Change only variable X and keep variable Y & Z the same.
500
This is the vertical axis on a two-coordinate graph.
What is the Y axis?
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