Variables
Random Knowledge
Science Investigation
Lab Safety
Matter & Energy
100
This is the name for the single variable that a scientist deliberately changes or tests in an experiment.
Independent Variable
100
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How many bones in are in the human body? (need to be within 10 to be correct)
100
This is the specific part of a graph that tells the reader exactly what data or relationship the graph is displaying.
Title
100
If a rogue chemical splash accidentally gets into your eyes, you must rush to this specific lab station and rinse your face for at least 15 to 20 minutes.
Eyewash Station
100
This state of matter has a fixed volume but changes its shape to match whatever container it is put into.
Liquid
200
6 students picked this as their favorite activity
Sports/Exercising
200
What pizza place is St. Louis known for?
Imo's Pizza
200
If a student writes down that a chemical reaction turned "bright bubbly blue and smelled like rotten eggs," they are collecting this specific type of data.
Qualitative Data
200
A student wants to know what a mysterious bubbling mixture smells like. Instead of sticking their nose directly over the container and taking a giant sniff they must use their hand to gently wave the vapors toward their nose. What is this technique called?
Waft
200
This is the scientific term for the energy of motion, like a roller coaster zooming down a big hill.
Kinetic Energy
300
If you are testing how different amounts of water affect plant growth, the amount of water is this specific type of variable.
Independent Variable
300
What breed is Mr. Lanig's dog?
Corgi!
300
Principal Eubank wants to test if playing high-energy pop music during lunch makes students eat faster. Before the test, he writes: "I predict that music makes kids eat quickly because they get excited." Science teachers everywhere are crying because this prediction is missing the two crucial structural words. What are they?
If, and then.
300
The absolute very first thing you should do if a glass beaker shatters or a chemical spills on your desk—before you even think about cleaning it up yourself.
Tell the Teacher!
300
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This is the phase change that occurs when a liquid absorbs thermal energy and transforms into a gas.
400
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What year was Mr. Lanig born?
400
What year did the Blues win the stanley cup?
2019
400
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To find the typical bounce-back time of a new jumbo Squishy, a student tests it three times and records the data in a chart: 21 seconds, 13 seconds, and 14 seconds. To report a single, reliable trend for their final data analysis, they must calculate the average (mean), which comes out to this exact number of seconds.
400
If your clothing accidentally catches on fire during a lab, you shouldn't run around screaming like a character in a video game. Instead, you should immediately Stop, Drop, and Roll, while your partner grabs this heavy item (Bonus 200 pts for both!)
Fire extinguisher or fire blanket
400
This is the physical temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid.
Freezing point
500
- A scientist wants to find out if a new fertilizer makes tomato plants grow taller. She puts Fertilizer A on plants in a sunny greenhouse, and no fertilizer on plants in a dark closet. This experiment is invalid because she accidentally introduced a second independent variable, which is this environmental factor
Sunlight
500
How tall is the arch? Closest team gets the points 👀
630 feet
500
A student writes the following hypothesis: "If I feed my dog different brands of food, then his fur will look prettier." This hypothesis is considered unscientific and flawed. Why?
It is untestable and based on opinion
500
When cleaning up your lab station, you should never put leftover chemicals back into their original bottles because doing so will cause this to happen to the clean supply.
Contamination? (mix them up or ruin the supply)
500
This thermal energy transfer method travels through empty space in the form of electromagnetic waves, which is how heat from the sun reaches Earth.
Radiation