Vocabulary Words
This is a testable explanation that can be tested through an experiment
What is a hypothesis?
Two sets of plants. One is watered, and one is not. What type of variable is the water?
Independent or manipulated variable
What is meter.
Jeremy wants to know the average pulse of his class. Which step of the scientific method is this?
What is the first step; Asking a question
Any use of five senses to collect information.
What is an observation.
The variables that are kept the same to make sure that the experiment is fair
What is control or constant variable?
The prefix centi means
What is 1/100.
Marcos thinks, "If plans are given 8mL of water and sunshine daily, they will have the best growing conditions." What step of the scientific method is this?
What is the 3rd step, writing a hypothesis
A conclusion based on evidence and background knowledge.
What is an inference?
You conduct an experiment to see which brand of microwave popcorn pops the most corn. What is the responding variable?
What is the amount of popcorn, or most corn popped.
The prefix milli means
What is 1/1000.
Jill conducted an experiment on Newton's Law. It is now time to share his results. What step of the scientific method is this?
What is the last step; share or communicate your results.
This is the variable that is responding and being measured in an experiment.
What is the dependent or responding variable?
There are two types of fuel poured into the same car to see which one works best. What type of variable is the fuel?
Independent or manipulated variable
How close a measurement is to a known (true) value.
What is accurate.
Hannah wonders if sunflowers will grow in the shade. Hannah goes to the library to learn more about sunflowers. What step of the scientific method is this?
What is the second step; observation/research.
A set of measurements that are close to one another.
What is precise?
Two different colored cans are placed in the sun and the temperature is recorded. What type of variable is the temperature of the cans?
Dependent variable
Chris recorded his measurement as 2.54 cm. Which part of this measurement did Chris estimate?
What is the last reported value, .04, the hundredths spot.
Mary creates a graph of the data she collected during her experiment. What step of the scientific method is this?
What is:Step 5-collect and analyze data.