Vocabulary
Independent or Dependent?
MMMR
Tools and Measurement
General Knowledge
100
A statement of what will happen next in a series of events.
What is a PREDICTION?
100
The INDEPENDENT VARIABLE in this story.
What are THE TWO TRAINS?
100
The value that occurs most often in a data set.
What is the MODE?
100
A tool that measures the mass of an object.
What is a TRIPLE-BEAM BALANCE?
100
A logical explanation that can be tested.
What is a HYPOTHESIS?
200
Describes an observable pattern in nature.
What is a SCIENTIFIC LAW?
200
The DEPENDENT VARIABLE in this story.
A pro gamer plays the same old video game with two different controllers. He measures the score he receives after completing the level with each controller.
What is the SCORE?
200
When the data points are added up and then divided by the number of data points.
What is the MEAN?
200
A tool that measures the volume of a liquid.
What is a GRADUATED CYLINDER?
200
The brown dog has curly fur.
What is an example of A QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION?
300
Describes an object or event using numbers.
What is a QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATION?
300
The DEPENDENT VARIABLE in this story.
The amount of water that evaporates from a tank is measured each day. The results are collected into a table.
What is the AMOUNT OF WATER THAT EVAPORATES?
300
When the data points are placed in order, then cross off one by one until you reach the center.
What is the MEDIAN?
300
The curved surface of a liquid inside a graduated cylinder.
What is a MENISCUS?
300
The three branches of science.
What are LIFE, EARTH, and PHYSICAL?
400
A well-tested hypothesis in the scientific community that explains a natural phenomenon.
What is a SCIENTIFIC THEORY?
400
The INDEPENDENT VARIABLE in this story.
A student makes two glasses of lemonade. One glass is made with 1 cup of sugar, and the other is made with a half cup of sugar. The same amount of lemon juice is used. The sweetness is recorded in a chart.
What is the AMOUNT OF SUGAR?
400
When you take the smallest number in the data set and subtract it from the largest number in the set.
What is the RANGE?
400
The unit for distance in the metric system.
What are METERS?
400
What is 26 mL?
500
A way to collect data that provides information about physical traits.
What is a QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION?
500
The DEPENDENT VARIABLE in the story.
Two plants are grown using the same light and pots. One plant is given regular tap water, and the other is given water that has been microwaved. The height is measured after two weeks.
What is THE HEIGHT AFTER TWO WEEKS?
500
The mean of the following data set, rounded to the nearest tenth:
10, 12, 8, 15, 5, 7, and 3
What is 8.6?
500
The unit for temperature in the metric system.
What is KELVIN?
500
What is 120.9 g?