Graphing
Standards of Measurement
The Method of Science
100

This is a visual display of information or data

What is a graph? 

100

This is the standard system of measurement used worldwide

What is the International System of Units (SI)? 

100

Process that uses observations and investigation to gain knowledge about events in nature

What is science? 

200

This type of graph shows trends or how data changes over time

What is a line graph? 

200

This unit is used to measure time and its symbol is "s"

What is second? 

200

This is an educated guess or testable prediction

What is a hypothesis? 

300

The independent variable is found on this axis

What is the x-axis? 

300

This is the amount of matter in an object

What is mass? 

300

This is a standard for comparison

What is a control? 

400

The dependent variable is found on this axis

What is the y-axis? 

400

This is the mass per unit volume of a material, also known as a derived unit.

What is density? 

400

This is a factor that does not vary in an experiment

What is a constant? 

500

This type of graph is useful for comparing information collected by counting

What is a bar graph? 

500

Density= mass divided by this.

What is volume? 

500

This is a rule of nature that sums up related observations to describe a pattern in nature.

What is scientific law?