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Procedures
Vocabulary
Independent v. dependent
The Scientific Method
Data collection and analysis
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The first thing I do when entering Biology class.
What is pick up my folder?
100
An educated guess
What is an inference?
100
Does the length of a paper airplane affect the distance the plane travels? Identify the independent variable.
What is the length of the paper airplane?
100
Name the step: A Biology Baller suggested if nutrients were added to the soil, then the plants would grow better.
What is make a hypothesis?
100
This variable appears on the right side of a data table.
What is the dependent variable?
200
We have one of these every day
What is a quiz?
200
The formula for a hypothesis
What is "if independent variable, then dependent variable"?
200
If I eat candy for dinner each day, I will gain weight. Identify the dependent variable.
What is weight?
200
The class concluded that plants with fertilizer added to the soil grew much quicker and taller.
What is draw conclusions?
200
Name the four trends that can be seen in data.
What is increasing, decreasing, stays the same or random?
300
This will result in a -5 on my daily classwork grade
What is being tardy?
300
The scientist has no control over this variable.
What is the dependent variable?
300
Write a hypothesis for the following scenario: One group of students does not sleep for 24 hours. One group of students sleeps for 4 hours. One group of students sleeps for 8 hours. Each group takes a test and records their grade.
What is "If students sleep less, then they will score lower on their tests"
300
Identify the step: Ms. Bruce added fertilizer to half of the plants and plain water to the other half and measured their height once a week.
What is set up an experiment?
300
Name the four steps in creating a line graph.
What is 1. Label your axes 2. Create a Title 3. Scale your axes 4. Plot your points
400
I am allowed one pass for this per week
What is use the bathroom?
400
The horizontal axis
What is the X-axis?
400
Read the hypothesis and state the question that is most likely being tested. If nutrients are added to the soil, then the plants will grow taller.
What is the effect of nutrients on plant growth?
400
Identify the step: Ms. Bruce asked, why can't we get anything to grow in our garden?
What is state the problem?
400
When interpreting a graph what is the first thing I should do?
What is identify the independent and dependent variables?
500
If I miss class, I have this much time to make up my work
What is one day?
500
When a line in a line graph does not touch every dot
What is the line of best fit?
500
Write an appropriate hypothesis: Some species of plants that commonly grow near roadways are used in an experiment. All groups are grown under identical conditions except that the experimental groups are given daily applications of a de-icing solution that is used on roads in winter. At the end of one month, the growth of the control and experimental groups is compared.
What is "If de-icing solution is applied to plants, then they will grow less."?
500
Name the step: Ms. Bruce and her class realized that their class plants were not growing.
What is make an observation?
500
What is the second step in reading a diagram?
What is write a one sentence description of what is going on in the diagram?