Variables

Definitions

100

This variable stays the same throughout the whole experiment

What is a constant?

200

Responds to the changing variable in an experiment

What is a dependent variable?

300

This is the changing variable in an experiment

What is an independent variable?

400

A proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

What is a hypothesis/prediction?

500

An factor that is either manipulated or measured in an experiment.

What is a variable?

Fill In The Blanks

100

There are two types of ______.

What is variables?

200

In an experiment, what a scientist measures or observes to see the effect is called the ___________.

What is dependent variable?

300

In an experiment, what the scientist changes is called the _____________.

What is independent variable?

400

________ are kept the same throughout an experiment.

What is constant or controlled variable?

500

In a good scientific experiment there is only one ______ _______.

What is independent variable?

Scenarios

100

"The farther a ball drops, the higher it will bounce." This is the independent variable.

What is the distance the ball drops?

200

"The type of shoe affects how fast someone can run." This is the dependent variable.

What is the speed they run?

300

"The greater the amount of soap in a soap, water mixture, the bigger the soap bubble can be blown." This is the independent variable.

What is the amount of soap in the mixture?

400

In the termite lab, this is an example of the independent variable.

What is the writing utensil OR what is the shape?

500

In the termite lab, this was the dependent variable.

What is the amount of termites that followed?

Next Unit

100

The basic unit of a chemical element. Also the start of biological level of organization.

What is an atom?

200

The powerhouse of the cell.

What is mitochondria?

300

What is the smallest unit of life and makes up all living things.

What are cells?

400

This is the location DNA is located in the cell.

What is the nucleus?

500

All living things are classified as either _____ or ______.

What is eukaryotic and prokaryotic?