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Vocab
Graphing
Measuring
Metric Units
Designing Experiments
100
The variable you are measuring
What is the dependent variable
100
The variable on the X axis
What is the independent variable
100
This is used to measure length
What is a metric ruler
100
The metric units of temperature
What is Celsius
100
a testable prediction
What is a hypothesis
200
Variables that stay the same
What are controlled variables or constants
200
The variable on the Y axis
What is the dependent variable
200
This is used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer
200
The metric units of length
What are millimeters, centimeters, meters and/or kilometers
200
The group that is compared to.
What is the control group
300
Things that go wrong while performing the experiment
What are sources of error
300
The type of graph used when you have distinct groups
What is a bar graph
300
This is used to measure volume
What is a graduated cylinder
300
The metric unit for volume
What are milliliters, liters
300
the type of data that is descriptive (not numerical)
What is qualitative
400
The variable you are purposely manipulating
What is the independent variable
400
The type of graph used when numbers are on both axes
What is a line graph
400
This is used to measure mass
What is a triple beam balance
400
The metric units for mass
What are milligrams, grams and/or kilograms
400
Variables that are kept the same
What are controlled variables or constants
500
Differentiate between a control group and controlled variables (constants)
Control group- you compare experimental group to, Constants- stay the same for all groups
500
The type of data used when graphing
What is quantitative
500
the line that is read on a graduated cylinder
What is meniscus
500
The metric units for density.
What are grams/milliliter
500
explain the difference between observation and inference
observations are directly observed in experiments, inferences are conclusions made based on those observations