You want to determine if a new diet medication will help rats to lose weight. What factors should you keep the same throughout the experiment for both sets of rats?
What is the rats, the food, environment, etc.
100
One of the "T"s of CONPTT
What is tentativeness, testability
100
How many variables you test in an experiment
What is one
200
Ms. Rowe's favorite Disney princess
What is Pocahontas
200
Using your senses to gather data is called what?
What is an observation
200
Scientific hypotheses can become theories, and if given enough evidence, they can become laws. True or False
What is false
200
The "O" of CONPTT
What is observability
200
The variable(s) that remain(s) the same in an experiment
What are constant variables
300
Ms. Rowe's favorite coffee creamer
What is hazelnut
300
The centipedes average growth was 1.2 millimeters is an example of what?
What is a qualitative observation
300
You want to determine if a new diet medication will make rats lose weight. What is the independent variable?
What is the medication
300
The "N" of CONPTT
What is natural
300
The variable that is an observed outcome/what the scientist is measuring/the data collected by the scientist
What is a dependent variable
400
Ms. Rowe's favorite thing to do over Spring Break
What is travel
400
Phrenology is an example of this...
What is a psuedoscience
400
An explanation for many hypotheses and observations is called a
What is scientific theory
400
The "P" of CONPTT
What is predictability
400
The variable that the scientist tests
What is the independent variable
500
Ms. Rowe's color of her car
What is Mojave Sand
500
Susan smelled smoke and determined there must be a fire. This is an example of a(n)
What is an inference
500
Measurements are not perfect/accurate because ...
What is human error, no measurement tool is always correct, etc.
500
The "C" of CONPTT
What is consistency
500
A scientist wants to test the effect of medication and sleep on a patients health. What is the problem with this experiment?