Experimental Design
This term describes the variable that changes as a result of another.
What is the dependent variable?
How many grams are in 3kg?
What is 3000kg
This characteristic of life means that living things must be able to create offspring.
What is reproduction?
This term describes a numerical observation.
What is quantitative data?
When is our exam?
What is Tuesday (September 8)?
This term describes any factor that is kept constant or held the same during an experiment or research study.
What is a controlled variable?
Your friend runs 1.2km. What do the k and m stand for?
What is kilo- and meters?
What is DNA?
This term describes the process of collecting data through your senses.
What is observation?
You have 1m, how many mm do you have?
What is 1000mm?
If not logical explanation is found, you should go back and rewrite this before moving forward in the process again.
What is hypothesis?
This prefix means that the measurement is 1/100th of the size of the base unit.
What is centi-?
This term, often referred to as the building blocks of life, is the smallest unit capable of carrying out life.
What is the cell?
You want to measure whether the amount of time your friend spends practicing the tuba affects how quickly they can play in the upcoming concert. What is the dependent variable?
What is how quickly they can play in the upcoming concert?
You want to measure whether the height of the tree is affected by the amount of sunlight it gets. What is the dependent variable?
What is the height of the tree?
The first step in the scientific method.
What is observation?
You have 3528mL and need to convert it to liters (L). How many liters do you have?
What is 3.528 L?
This term means change over many generations (i.e. change over time).
What is evolution?
You want to measure whether the amount of water you drink at dinner is affected by how much spicy food you eat. What is the independent variable?
What is how much spicy food you eat?
You want to measure whether the amount of tissues used in class affected by how many students are sick. What is the dependent variable?
What is the amount of tissues used in class?
This term describes a standard baseline in an experiment or study that the other options can be tested against.
What is a control group?
What is the smallest unit of measurement if you're measuring mass? (i.e. which prefix results in the smallest measurement?)
What is milli-?
This term describes the self-regulating process by which an organism maintains a stable internal environment despite changes in the outside world.
What is homeostasis?
This term describes a conclusion reached through observations and logical reasoning.
What is an inference?
You buy a pineapple that weighs in at 1.2784kg. How many mg is that?
What is 1,278,400mg?