General
The first step in the scientific method.
What is ask a question?
The format that a hypothesis should be written in.
What is "If, Then, Because?"
The definition of control variable.
What is a variable that stays the same or an experimental constant?
The variable that is graphed on the x-axis.
What is the independent variable?
The definition of conclusion.
What is the paragraph that discusses the overall results of an experimental procedure?
The last step in the scientific method.
What is communicate your results?
The definition of independent variable.
What is the variable that is being manipulated or purposefully changed?
The metric units used to measure mass.
What are grams?
Name at least 3 different types of graphs.
What are line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts, histograms, scatter plots, etc.?
Does a conclusion prove your hypothesis true/correct or does it support your hypothesis?
What is support your hypothesis NOT prove it true/correct?
You use these to gather your background research and Wikipedia is not a good one!
What are sources?
The definition of dependent variable.
What is the variable that is being measured or tested?
The metric unit used to measure volume.
What are liters?
Where you record your experimental data and the type of observation that this is (qualitative or quantitative).
What is a data table? What are quantitative observations?
The number that the step "draw a conclusion" is in the scientific method.
What is step number 5?
Is the scientific method always a linear process?
a) yes
b) no
What is b) no?
The definition of Hypothesis.
What is an educated guess based upon your background research?
The term for mistakes that occur during an experiment.
What is experimental error?
Explain how to calculate a mean.
What is add all of the values in the data set together and divide by the total amount of values in the data set?
The conclusion to the following question: "How does increasing salinity affect the density of water?"
What is increasing salinity causes the density of the water to increase?
Number the 6 steps in the scientific method from beginning to end.
See teacher for correct response.
Write a hypothesis for the following question: "How does increasing the temperature of air impact its density?"
What is "If the temperature of air increases, then its density decreases because hot air rises."?
The scientific tool used to measure a liquid.
What is a gradulated cylinder?
The 5 components of a graph.
What are the title, intervals, axis labels, units, and data?
List 4 components that should be included in every conclusion paragraph.
What are the re-stated purpose, a description of whether the hypothesis was supported or rejected, ideas for further research/future experimentation, and a summary statement?