Variable Variables
Observant Observations
Graphical Graphs
Preferable Prefixes
Wildcard
100
Anything that affects an experiment
What is a factor
100
Scientists use observations, and prior knowledge to make plausible explanations, also known as _______________.
What is an inference?
100
This graph is commonly used to display data that is continuous or connected.
What is a line graph?
100
This prefix means 1/100th.
What is centi?
100
This is the SI unit for temperature.
What is kelvin?
200
The group that does not change.
What is the control group?
200
There are 5 shoes in your closet. This is a _________________ observation.
What is a quantitative observation?
200
This type of graph is commonly used to display data that is discrete or separated into different categories.
What is a bar graph?
200
There are 1000 of these in a single gram.
What is a milligram
200
This is the curving of water in a graduated cylinder that results for water being a polar molecule.
What is a meniscus?
300
The group that is altered or manipulated.
What is the variable group.
300
Good observation is the key to making testable ____________.
What is a hypothesis or question?
300
This type of graph is useful when displaying parts of a whole.
What is a pie chart?
300
The a in abiotic means __________.
What is without?
300
These are based on scientific evidence. They can never be proven, only supported. They explain why things in nature happen.
What is a scientific theory?
400
The thing that is recorded. Sometimes called the effected variable.
What is dependent variable?
400
Their is a number 4 painted on the side of the 51st house on main street. This is a ________________ observation.
What is a qualitative observation?
400
This axis commonly displays the independent variable.
What is the x-axis?
400
This prefix is 1/10th of a 'centi'.
What is 'milli'?
400
These are questions that can not be answered with the scientific method.
What are supernatural questions?
500
This variable can ruin your experiment if you have more than one of them.
What is an independent variable?
500
The units used by scientists around the world is called the _____________________
What is International System of Units, or SI?
500
This axis commonly displays data that is manipulated or changed by the scientist.
What is the x-axis?
500
What is the term for 1000 units of heat.
What is a kilocalorie?
500
The temperature that all molecules stop moving is 0 degrees Kelvin, also known as absolute zero. What is the equivalent temperature in Celsius?
What is -273 degrees Celsius?
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