Science vs Engineering
The first step in the scientific process
What is asking a question?
Three items of lab safety equipment.
Safety goggles, gloves, apron, fire extinguisher, eye wash
The base unit of length.
What is a meter?
The group in an experiment that you are manipulating or changing.
What is an experimental group?
The type of graph that you use to show change over time.
What is a line graph?
The process that involves testing with an experiment.
What is the scientific process?
The name of the tool used for measuring mass in science class.
What is a triple-beam balance?
The base unit for volume.
What is a liter?
The group in an experiment that remains completely unchanged.
What is a control group?
The type of graph that you use to compare groups.
What is a bar graph?
The process that involves creating a prototype.
What is the engineering design process?
The name of the tool used for accurately measuring volume.
What is a graduated cylinder?
The prefix that is 100x smaller than the base unit.
What is the prefix centi-?
The name of the variable that you change or manipulate in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
The type of graph used to show parts of a whole.
What is a pie graph?
The process that is used to create a solution to a problem.
What is the engineering design process?
The unit that a triple-beam balance uses to measure mass.
What is a gram?
The number of centimeters (cm) in 3 meters (m).
What is 300 cm?
The name of the variable that you are measuring in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
The axis that the independent variable goes on.
What is the X-axis?
The process that is used to answer a question.
What is the scientific process?
The name of the curved surface of a liquid in a graduated cylinder.
What is the meniscus?
The number of meters (m) in 12.5 kilometers (km).
What is 12,500 m?
The number of independent variables a good experiment should have.
What is 1 independent variable?
The method for finding the angle of a section on a pie graph.
What is multiplying the percentage by 360 degrees?