The Scientific Method
This term is described as a possible explanation to an observed phenomenon.
What is Hypothesis?
Conversions of the metric system only include numbers of 100, 1000, 1000000, etc. because the metric system is constructed this way.
What is on a base 10 scale?
This digit can be described as having this many significant digits 0.001040.
This best describes the difference between mass and weight.
What is mass is the amount of matter and weight is dependent on gravity?
This Star Wars character is known as "The Chosen One" who will one day bring balance to the force.
Who is Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker?
This step of the scientific method can be described as, based on your completed experiment, and the data trends in your graph, you come to agree with your hypothesis.
This term describes the relationship between a base unit and a prefixed unit.
What is a conversion factor?
These digits are always insignificant as determined by the rules of significant figures.
What are leading zeroes?
2.45 x 10^9
This active coach is the winningest coach in college basketball history, men's or women's.
Who is Geno Auriemma?
This term refers to anything that must be a constant factor between groups in a experimental setting.
What is a control(led) variable?
This is how you tell a two-step conversion from a 1-step conversion.
What is a two-step conversion is between two prefixed units?
When determining significant figures, trailing zeroes are only significant when they are ...
What is after a decimal point?
What is water displacement method?
This is the number of dots on a standard pair of dice.
What is 42?
In the following scenario, this is the dependent variable.
A case study is in development to test how screen time before bed affects students sleep patterns. 60 high school age students will be selected. 30 will have under an hour of screen time, while 30 will exceed 2 hours of screen time.
What is sleep pattern?
This is the answer when converting 0.052 m to mm.
What is 52 mm?
If a rectangular prism has side lengths measuring 12.50 cm x 6.80 cm x 3.0 cm, this is the volume with the correct amount of significant figures.
What is 260 cm^3?
When taking measurements with scientific equipment, you must report your answers with this many decimal places.
What is one passed however many the tools measures?
Team Play
Every Team can bid up to 500 points, write down your wager on your white board and answer the following question.
Before the days of social media, this is how scientists would commonly "spread the word" of their scientific findings.
What is a patents?
This is the answer when converting 220.05 kg to hg.
What is 2200.5 hg?
Team Play
Every Team can bid up to 500 points, write down your wager on your white board and answer the following question.
If an object has a mass of 23.05 g and a volume of 15.625 mL, this would be the object's density with the appropriate amount of significant figures.
The metric unit of a meter was originally based on this.
What is the distance from the north pole to the equator through paris?
Thomas Harris's 1981 novel "Red Dragon" marks the first appearance of this dubious serial killer who was famously portrayed by Anthony Hopkins a decade later in the film Silence of The Lambs.
Who is Hannibal (Lecter)