Scientific Method
From what you have learned this year, what is the first step of the scientific method?
Observation
In a scientific experiment, what is the variable that is being measures by the scientist? (give full term)
dependent variable
Fill in the blanks: Thermal energy always travels from ______ to ______.
Hot to cold or more to less
State two characteristics of a biotic factor/thing.
Made of at least one cell, uses energy, reproduces, grows, responds to stimuli
How many independent variables should you have in an experiment?
1
experiment
In a scientific experiment, what is the variable that is being changed by the scientist? (give full term)
Independent Variable
If you put your hand on a hot stove, what direction would the thermal energy travel?
stove to hand
List 4 things almost all plants have
Stem, leaves, flower, roots
"Which pen writes best?" - Is this a testable question?
no
What would be the best type of graph to make to show the results for the following study:
A scientist wanted to study which brand of shoe middle school students wore the most.
bar graph
A scientist wanted to study which middle school grade level owned the most shoes. What would be the dependent variable in this study?
number of shoes
If you feel heat from the sun, how is the thermal energy being moved?
radiation
carbon dioxide
State 3 abiotic factors/things in a school
anything non-living
From what you have learned this year, list all of the steps of the scientific method, in order. (6 or 7steps)
Observation, Question, (Research), Hypothesis, Experiment/Procedure, Analysis, Conclusion
If a scientists wants to know how much money middle school students in Waterbury, CT spend every month of the year, what would be 2 control variables?
middle schools students, students in Waterbury, CT
If you are changing from a liquid to a solid, what happens to the thermal energy?
removed
What is the chemical formula for photosynthesis? (you can write it as words, not chemical symbols)
water + carbon dioxide + (sun) --> sugar + oxygen
What is the average amount of seeds on a raspberry? (give a range)
100-120
Identify what the three variables for this question would be:
A scientists is studying which streaming service middle school students watch the most.
IV- Streaming service
DV- Number of times the service is watched
CV- middle school students, etc.
A scientist wanted to study which brand of shoe middle school students wore the most. If you were to make a graph of this data, what would the X and Y axis of the graph be labled?
X axis- brand of shoe
Y axis- number of students who wore the shoe
If you add thermal energy to something, what happens to the temperature and the kinetic energy of that something?
Both increase
What is the chemical formula for glucose/sugar?
(example: Chemical formula for water is H2O)
C6H12O6
You will find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
The letter R