STEPS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
A prediction based on research and past knowledge
What is a hypothesis?
Footwear to wear in the lab
What are closed toed shoes?
The variable that does NOT change throughout the experimental trials.
What is a controlled variable?
The prediction being tested in an experiment
What is a hypothesis?
The best way to illustrate experimental data
What is a graph?
Testing a hypothesis
What is an experiment
The person to tell if a fire starts in the lab
Who is the teacher?
The variable that is manipulated, or causing the change.
What is the independent variable?
The variables that remain the same throughout the experiment
Controlled Variables/Constants
A graph representing comparison of quantities
What is a bar graph?
What is a question
These MUST be worn when chemicals, glassware, or heat are used.
What are goggles?
The variable that is measured and recorded.
What is the dependent variable?
The group that is receiving the special treatment.
What is an experimental group?
The best graph to illustrate parts of a whole
What is a pie chart/graph?
This is collected and analyzed in the 4th step of the scientific method
What is data?
This must be tied back in the lab
What is long hair?
The DEPENDENT VARIABLE of "If a biology student studies for 1 hour on Thursday evening, then they will earn an A on Exam 1"
What are exam grades?
The group that does NOT receive the experimental treatment.
What is a control group?
The best way to illustrate change over time/ trend lines
What is a line graph?
The step of the scientific method during which you accept or reject the hypothesis
What is a conclusion?
The method to use to smell chemicals in the lab
What is waft?
The INDEPENDENT VARIABLE of "If a biology student studies for 1 hour on Thursday evening, then they will earn an A on Exam 1"
What is amount of study time?
The amount of variables that should be changed in an experiment to keep it controlled
What is ONE?
The acronym: DRY MIX
What acronym describes DEPENDENT variable is on the Y axis and the INDEPENDENT variable is on the X axis?