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The Scientific Method
Measurement
Graphing
Anything Goes
100
The process of thinking and learning about the world is called _____.
Science.
100
Ask a Question
Make a Hypothesis
100
Give a unit you would use (in science!!!) if you measured the length of something.
Meter, centimeter, millimeter, kilometer, etc.
100
The best kind of graph to use when dealing with parts of a whole, or percentages.
Pie graph.
100
When writing a hypothesis, you always want to include these two words, which show the cause and effect you expect to see in your experiment.
If and then.
200
A prediction that can be tested with an experiment is called a __________.
Hypothesis.
200
Make a hypothesis
Test the hypothesis
200
A measure of concentration is usually written in what unit?
ppt (parts per thousand)
200
The best graph to use when dealing with categories of data.
Bar graph.
200
The "experiment" part is which step of the scientific method?
Testing the hypothesis.
300
A fixed amount of something (such as inches, cm, yards, feet, etc.) is called a _______.
Unit
300
Test your hypothesis
Record and analyze data.
300
To communicate with scientists around the world, scientists use a set of units called the _______.
SI Units (or International System of Units)
300
The best kind of graph to use when dealing with how one variable influences another variable.
Line graph
300
Variables that are kept the same throughout an experiment are called _______ variables.
Control
400
A measure of capacity, or how much space something takes up, is called _______.
Volume
400
Record and analyze data
Make a conclusion
400
A good measurement has two parts: a quantity and ______. Without these two parts, people won't know what you're talking about!
Unit
400
When looking at a graph, if you notice that as one variable goes up, the other goes up...then this graph is showing what kind of relationship?
Direct relationship
400
The experimental, or independent, variable, is the one that is "changed" in the experiment. What is the experimental variable in our mung bean lab?
Salt concentration/salinity.
500
All experiments are _S_________ (something that has parts that are related to each other).
Systems.
500
Make observations
Ask a question
500
Name a tool that you could use to measure length, area, or volume with.
Ruler, meter stick, measuring tape.
500
In an indirect, or inverse, relationship, when one variable goes up, the other goes _______.
Down.
500
In an experiment, the result of your experiment is known as the _________ variable.
Dependent.