Scientific Method/EDP
The ______ is a process used by scientist to find answers to questions or solve problems.
What is the Scientific Method
The skill of ______ involves making inferences about a future event based on current evidence or past experiences.
What is Predicting
What is a dependent variable
The thing you watch in an experiment
depends on the independent variable
what is affected by the independent variable
the y-axis
Name three types of graphs.
What is Line Graph, Pie Graph , Bar Graph
True or False.
A scale must always be in regular increments
What is True
In the scientific method when should you you develop a hypothesis?
What is before the experiment
When you interpret a(n) _______ you are inferring.
What is an observation.
The independent variable is _______
What is Controlled by the scientists (YOU)
What is what the scientists know before the experiment
What is intentionally changed
A data table is a collection of related data presented in columns and rows.
What is True
What is an observation?
What is something you observe with your senses. It is fact.
What is an engineer?
What is a person who designs and create solutions to everyday problems.
Grouping together items that are alike in some way is called...
What is classifying
An experiment is performed on sunflowers to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid: water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, same amount of sunlight, and the same amount of liquid. In this investigation, what is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
What is the different liquids.
Describe a bar graph.
What is a graph uses bars to show comparisons.
What does SULTAN Stand for?
what is Scale, unit, label, title, accuracy, neatness
How should a Hypothesis be written out?
What is in an If_____ Then_____ statement.
_______ is a way to help people understand things that they cannot observe directly.
What is making models
True or False, all variables that are kept the same are independent variables?
What is false
Describe a pie graph.
What is a circular graph divided into slices to display data.
If you are graphing more than one variable, what should you always include with your graph?
what is a legend
List the steps of the scientific method.
What is:
1. Question/Problem
2. Observation/Research
3. Hypothesis
4. Experiment
5. Analyze Data/Retest
6. Conclusion
7. Communication
The human mouth contains 32 teeth.
The statement above is an example of a(n)
** Be Specific**
What is a a quantitative observation
Your science teacher sets up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the CONTROLLED Variable.
What is the height of the Ramp.
Describe a line graph
Uses points that are connected by lines to track changes over time.
What is the purpose of a graph?
What is it is a visual representation of relationships.