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Tools for Science
Units of Measure
Models in Science
Organizing your Data
Analyzing your Data
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What tool would NOT be used to take accurate measurements while collecting data?
What is the calculator
100
It is based on the number 10
What is the International System of Units
100
Which of the following is NOT a type of model of model that is commonly used in science and uses familiar things to describe unfamiliar things? a. physical b. mathematical c.economic d.conceptual
What is economic
100
A model that is used to predict the weather is an example of a
What is a mathematical model
100
What does "language of Science" refer to?
What is mathematics
200
What should you do when you collect data
What is Use the proper measurement tools
200
a measure of how hot or how cold something is
What is temperature
200
A system of ideas that explains observations and is supported by a large amount of scientific evidence is called
What is theory
200
Which of the following can be the first step in organizing data? a. choose a topic b.gather information c. create a data table d. analyze the data
What is create a data table
200
What is the name of: a measure of the slant of a line; ratio of rise over run
What is the slope
300
Which of the following tools is NOT used to evaluate and analyze data?
What is a meterstick
300
A descriptive statement or equation that reliably predicts events under certain conditions
What is law
300
a representation of an object or system that is used to support or disprove scientific theories and laws
What is a model
300
The factor in an experiment that the investigator can change is called what?
What is The independent variable
300
The relationship between x and y will appear as a straight line on a_________ graph
What is linear
400
How was the inch measured in England many years ago
What is using grains of barley
400
The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance
What is density
400
A model that puts many ideas together to explain or summarize something is called a what?
What is a conceptual model
400
The factor that the scientist measures in a experiment is called what
What is the dependent variable
400
Which of the following is the correct way to read liquid volume? a. Look at the bottom of the meniscus from a high angle b.Look at the top of the meniscus from a low angle c.Look at the top of the meniscus at eye level d. Look at the bottom of the meniscus at eye level.
What is: D. look at the bottom of the meniscus at eye level.
500
What is the basic SI unit of length
What is a meter
500
a measure of the size of an object or region in three-dimensional space
What is volume
500
Why are models limited in their usefulness?
What is Models are not exactly like the real object
500
The x-axis on a graph usually represents the __________ in a data table
What is the independent variable
500
Results of an experiment can be supported or accepted by other scientists if the data is a.not reproducible b.reproducible c.cannot be converted into SI units d.are supported only by the French Academy of Sciences
What is : b. reproducible