Science Inquiry Skills

Variables

100

What do we do with controlled variables?

Keep them the same

200

What type of variable do we measure?

Dependent variable

300

What type of variable do we change?

Independent variable

400

When graphing, you put the independent variable on which axis?

x-axis

500

When graphing, you put the dependent variable on which axis?

y-axis

Graphs

100

Would we use a column or line graph for measuring temperature over time?

Line graph

200

Would we use a column or line graph for measuring the how the number of leaves a plant has affects its stem height?

Column graph

300

Each axis should be labelled with the _______________

Variables

400

Where appropriate, axis labels should include the ______________ of measurement

Units

500

Once you've drawn and labelled your axes, drawn a scale and plotted your data, what do you need to make sure you've included with your graph?

Title

Lab Equipment

100

We use this equipment to measure the volume of liquids

Measuring cylinder

200

This equipment can be used to heat things over a hot or cool flame

Bunsen burner

300

This equipment can be used to measure something's mass

Scales / Electronic balance

400

This equipment can be used to hold liquids. It has a rounded bottom and can be held in special holders.

Test tube

500

This equipment can be used to separate out solids, allowing liquids and dissolved substances to pass through

Filter paper

Planning

100

This statement tells us what the purpose of the investigation is

Aim

200

An educated guess of how changing the independent variable will affect the dependent variable

Hypothesis

300

This list will tell you what you need to have on hand to perform the experiment

Equipment list

400

This list tells you step by step how to perform the experiment

Method / Procedure

500

A scientific diagram should be drawn in how many dimensions?

2D

Famous Scientists

100

I developed the laws of motion and gravity, supposedly after an apple fell on my head

Isaac Newton

200

I said E = MC²

Albert Einstein

300

Elon Musk named a car brand after me. Please include my first name though.

Nikola Tesla

400

I proposed a thought experiment about a cat in a box with a radioactive atom and a vial of poison

Erwin Schrodinger

500

I proposed the atomic model with electrons orbiting a nucleus at certain distances, which we use today

Niels Bohr