Vocabulary
prediction; educated guess
What is HYPOTHESIS?
What is TESTABLE?
2, 1, 3
What is 2?
the first step in the scientific method
What is MAKE AN OBSERVATION OR ASK A QUESTIONS?
The amount you study determines your quiz grade. What is the independent variable?
What is THE AMOUNT YOU STUDY?
information gathered about the experiment
What is DATA?
uses your senses to gather information
What is OBSERVATION?
What is the mode of this data set? 2, 1, 4, 2, 5
What is 2?
the second step in the scientific method
What is RESEARCH?
The number of variables that you can change in an experiment.
What is ONE?
The model/guide of the steps used to gather information and solve problems about science
What is the SCIENTIFIC METHOD?
an activity that is planned and designed to test a hypothesis
What is EXPERIMENT?
What is the range of this data set? 2, 4, 5, 6, 10
What is 8?
In which step of the scientific method do you create graphs?
What is ANALYZE DATA/RESULTS?
Ms. Havoutis wanted to test the effect of background music on student's ability to concentrate in class. What is the dependent variable?
What is ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE?
The variables you keep the same in an experiment
What is CONSTANT VARIABLE?
What is INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
Why is it important to graph your data?
What is TO BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE PATTERNS AND TRENDS or TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE DATA IS SAYING?
What is CONCLUSION?
Ms. Havoutis wanted to test the effect of background music on student's ability to concentrate in class. She taught a lesson to group 1 with background music. She taught the same lesson to group 2 WITHOUT background music. What is the constant variable?
What is THE LESSON?
Data that involves numbers - ex. the block is 4 inches wide
What is QUANTITATIVE DATA?
What is MEDIAN?
What is 3?
What is the last step of the scientific method?
What is COMMUNICATE RESULTS?
Ms. Havoutis wanted to test the effect of background music on student's ability to concentrate in class. She taught a lesson to group 1 with background music. She taught the same lesson to group 2 WITHOUT background music. What is the control group?
What is GROUP 2?