This is the educated guess a scientist makes as to what the results of a particular experiment will be.
What is the hypothesis?
100
This is anything that has a mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
100
These can be observed or measured without changing the matter's identity.
What is a physical property?
100
This describes matter based on its ability to change into new matter.
What are chemical properties?
200
This is the variable that the scientist manipulates or chooses to change. It is the cause in the experiment. In the sentence "What is the effect of sunlight on plant growth," this variable would be sunlight.
What is the independent variable?
200
This is the amount of space taken up by an object.
What is volume?
200
This is the ability of a substance to be rolled or pounded into thin sheets. Play-doh, gold, most metals have this characteristic while ice and most rock are not.
What is malleability?
200
Bending an iron nail is an example of this type of change.
What is a change in the physical property of the iron nail.
300
This is the variable that is also the effect in an experiment. In the scientific question "How does sunlight affect plant growth" this variable would be plant growth.
What is the dependent variable?
300
This is the curve on the surface of a liquid in a measuring container. To measure a volume of liquid, you look at the very bottom of this.
What is the meniscus?
300
This is the amount of matter in a given space.
What is density?
300
Allowing metal to sit out in the rain and rust is an example of this.
What is a chemical property change.
400
This is the variable that remains constant, or exactly the same, throughout the experiment.
What is the control variable?
400
This is the amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
400
This type of change affects one or more physical properties of a substance but does not change the overall composition. Ex.) Ice melting to water, or breaking a glass.
What is a physical change?
400
Lighting a piece of wood on fire exhibits that wood has this chemical property.
What is flammability?
500
These are the 6 steps to the scientific method in the correct order
What is 1.) Ask a question 2.) Make a statement/hypothesis
3.) Experiment 4.) Analyze data 5.) Draw conclusions 6.) Communicate results
500
This is the volume of a solid that is 5 cm long, 2 cm wide, and 3 cm high.
What is 30 cubic cm?
500
Melting a stick of butter is an example of this type of change.
What is a physical change?
500
When baking a cake, the heat from the oven and the reaction of the interaction between ingredients will cause this.