MEASUREMENT
VOCABULARY
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
COLLECTING DATA
GRAPHING
100
Grams is a unit of measurement for ____________.
What is mass?
100
Using one or more of your senses to identify or learn about something.
What is an observation?
100
The first step in the Scientific Method.
What is "asking a question"?
100
The number that appears most often in a set of data.
What is the mode?
100
A graph that shows changes over time.
What is a line graph?
200
A meter is comparable to this object.
What is a baseball bat?
200
A conclusion formed from available information or evidence. (This attempts to explain WHY.)
What is an inference?
200
After you have completed your experiment and collected your data, you are ready to ____________________.
What is "draw a conclusion"?
200
The sum of the numbers divided by the number of entries in a data set.
What is the mean?
200
A graph that is used to compare.
What is a bar graph?
300
A balance is marked in these units.
What is grams?
300
A possible explanation for repeatedly observed patterns in nature supported by observations and results from many investigations.
What is a scientific theory?
300
The variable that the scientist changes in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
300
The range of the data set: 9, 3, 2, 5, 8, 0.
What is 9?
300
The type of graph you would use to show the percentage of students in class that prefer each type of instrument.
What is a circle graph (or pie)?
400
A milliliter is about ___________.
What is 20 drops of water?
400
Data that can be measured. (NUMBERS)
What is quantitative data?
400
This is an educated guess to your question.
What is the hypothesis?
400
The mean of the data set: 10, 5, 20, 5.
What is 10?
400
The type of graph that you would use to document how a student's grades changed over the course of the school year.
What is a line graph?
500
The smallest SI unit used to measure length.
What is a millimeter?
500
The ability to repeat a task with little variation.
What is consistency?
500
A hypothesis is checked by _________________
What is a conclusion?
500
The median of the data set: 3, 8, 3, 9, 2.
What is 3?
500
In a line graph, this information should be found on the x-axis.
What is the dependent variable (or the TIME)?
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