Definitions
This variable stays the same throughout the whole experiment
What is a constant?
There are three types of ______.
What is variables?
Three different liquids are poured onto a board and a scientist records how long it takes each liquid to travel 30 cm.
What is the independent variable?
what is the three different liquids.
If I expose my plants to sunlight then my plants will grow because plants need sunlight for survival.
Dependent Variable: Amount of Sunlight
Not
This is the term for the study of the natural world.
What is science?
the variable that is measured
What is a dependent variable?
In an experiment, what a scientist measures or observes to see the effect is called the ___________.
What is dependent variable?
If athletes drink Gatorade then they will run faster
What is the dependent variable
What is the athletes speed?
If scholars listen to trap music then they will act out more violently because trap music has violent lyrics
Dependent variable: Acting out violently
Dependent
This is the term for measurements and observations collected during an experiment?
What is data?
This is the changing variable in an experiment
What is an independent variable?
In an experiment, what the scientist changes is called the _____________.
What is independent variable?
If I put more soap in my bathtub then more bubbles will form because soap causes forms bubbles in the presence of water.
What is the dependent and independent variable?
Dependent Variable: Bubbles forming in water
Independent Variable: Amount of soap.
If I drink redbull then I will be able to fly because redbull gives people wings.
Dependent Variable: Drinking redbull
Not
This is the term for a testable idea.
What is a hypothesis?
This is a scientific procedure that is done in a controlled setting
What is an experiment?
This is a testable idea.
What is a hypothesis?
If you study for two hours everyday then your grades will increase because studying improves memory for test.
What is the Independent Variable and Dependent Variable?
Independent Variable: amount of time spent studying
Dependent Variable: Increase grades
The ball (in a "the farther a ball drops, the higher it will bounce" experiment)
What is controlled?
constant
this is a scientific procedure that is completed outside and the scientist has no control of conditions
What is a field study?
what is he changed too many things at once?
Independent Variable: Amount of time spent practicing
Dependent Variable: Increased chance of winning a basketball game
What is the Hypothesis
If I spend more time practicing then my chances of winning basketball games will increase because practice makes perfect.
How tall the plant grows (in a "does the type of fertilizer affect how tall a plant grows" experiment)
What is not controlled?
how do you take the average of something