Defining Matters!
T.A.I.L.S.
Tool Time I
Tool Time II
Keep it scientific
100

____________ is the amount of matter in an object.

What is Mass?

100

These two pieces of information should be included in any scientific graph title.

What are the IV and the DV?

100

This is the unit that measures volume of a liquid

What is milliliters?

100

Measured in Celsius, this tool tells temperature.

What is a thermometer? 

100

This type of variable is kept the same during any experiment

What is the control variable?

200

An educated guess made by a scientist

What is a hypothesis?

200

What is wrong with the graph shown?


The scale is bad.

200

What is the name of this instrument: 


The Triple beam balance

200

What does the Triple beam balance measure?

The mass of an object in grams

200

In order to test something, it needs to be measurable. What type of variables are NOT measurable? 

What is anything observational like: color, attractiveness or prettiness.
300

______________ is the amount of space something occupies

What is volume?

300

Bob did an experiment where he measured how tall plants grew over time... what type of graph should bob make with his data?

What is a line graph?

300

When measuring volume of a solid, we use this equation:

What is length x width x height
300

This tool can be used to measure length or volume.

What is a metric ruler?

300

This variable is measured at the end of an experiment

What is the dependent variable?

400

This is the temperature scale used in science class.

What is the Celsius scale?

400

When designing a graph, which variables (independent and dependent) should go on which axis (X and Y)?

X axis= Independent variable

Y axis= Dependent variable

400

What is the total mass of the item on this TBB?


142.0 grams

400

This is the unit that Graduated Cylinders measure.

What is Milliliters?

400

This variable is changed by the scientist

What is the independent variable

500

This is the measuring system used worldwide, except the United States, Burma and Liberia.

What is the metric system?

500

This graph is missing which two important parts:


What are the Title and Labels?

500

This tool is inaccurate and made of glass, we hardly use it in the Science Lab.


What is a beaker?

500

What is the name of this tool and what is it used for?


The compound light microscope is used to see items that are too small for the human eye

500

Why is it important to keep controlled variables constant in any experiment?

To keep an experiment valid