Scientific Method
Variables and Groups
Conversion Factors
Scientific Notation
Significant Figures
100

If.......then......

What is hypothesis?

100

The variable you change on purpose.

What is the independent variable?

100
Convert 0.044 km to meters
What is 44m?
100
Express the number 700 in scientific notation.
What is 7 x 10^2?
100
0.05730 has _____ many significant figures.
What is 4?
200

The steps you write out to conduct your experiment

What is a procedure?

200

The variable you are measuring

What is the dependent variable?

200
Convert 0.107g to centigrams.
What is 10.7 cg?
200
Express 0.000000076 in scientific notation
What is 7.6 x 10^-8
200
40.007 has _____ many significant figures.
What is 5?
300

Step 5 in the scientific method

What is analyze data?

300

The name of the group you leave alone to compare with the experimental group

What is the control group?

300
Convert 6.7 s to milliseconds.
What is 6,700 milliseconds?
300
Express the quantity in regular notation along with its appropriate unit. 3.60 x 10^5 s
What is 360,000 s?
300
0.020
What is 2?
400

What you do when your hypothesis is supported

What is retest your hypothesis or repeat your experiment?

400

Smithers thinks that a special juice will increase the productivity of workers. What are the independent and dependent variables in this situation?

Independent: Juice 

Dependent: Productivity

400

Convert 12 ft to cm. 

12 inches = 1 ft

1 inch = 2.54cm

365.76cm

400
Solve the problem and express the answer in scientific notation. (5 x 10^-5) + (2 x 10^-5)
What is 7 x 10^-5?
400

Multiply 8.3 meters x 2.22 meters. Give your answer in the correct number of significant digits.

What is 18 m?

500

A company wants to test a new dog food to see if it will help dogs lose weight. 

Name all of the steps they should do to follow the scientific method.


State the problem, make observations, form a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze data, draw conclusions, repeat or retry. 

500

Homer notices that his shower is covered in a strange green slime. His friend Barney tells him that coconut juice will get rid of the green slime. Homer decides to check this out by spraying half of the shower with coconut juice. He sprays the other half of the shower with water. After 3 days of "treatment" there is no change in the appearance of the green slime on either side of the shower.

What are the independent and dependent variables? What is the control?

Independent: Coconut juice

Dependent: green slime production

Control: side sprayed with water

500

Convert 32mph to ft/s

46.9333 ft/s

500

What is 3.4 x 10-10 in standard notation?

0.00000000034

500
Perform the following operation, and record your answer in the correct number of significant digits. 61.2 meters + 9.35 meters + 8.6 meters.
What is 79.2m?