Tools
Scientific method
Observation/
Inferences
Other
Safety
100
Name that tool- measures length and width using Inches or centimeters
What is ruler?
100
Which stage involves determining what variables will be tested?
What is question?
100
What is an observation?
What is a conclusion based on your 5 senses?
100
Name that tool- Measures atmospheric or air pressure
What is barometer?
100
A student is working hard on a chemistry lab experiment that uses a strong acid. Halfway through the lab, the student gets hungry and starts eating a bag of chips. When the student licks their fingers, they start to have a severe reaction. What is wrong with this?
What is eating in a lab?
200
Name that tool- A tall, skinny, tube shaped tool that measures liquids using milliliters
What is graduated cylinder?
200
What step do you communicate your results?
What is conclusion?
200
What is an inference?
What is guess based on observation?
200
True or false: As soon as you get a lab, start experimenting.
What is false?
200
During a chemistry experiment, a student carefully pours and unknown solution from a test tube into a beaker. Another student sneaks up behind them and surprises their friend. The student accidentally drops the beaker on the floor, and pieces of glass land on their sandaled feet. What is wrong with this?
What is the student was horseplaying?
300
Name that tool- Measures the mass of an object by placing it on a plate and moving the sliders to get a measurement
What is triple beam balance?
300
Name AND describe the three types of variables.
What is independent- is changed; dependent- responds to change of independent; controlled- stays the same?
300
Observation or Inference? There are 12 bottles of glue in the drawer. Bonus- what kind of observation?
What is observation? bonus- quantitative
300
Name that tool- Measures length and width using centimeters or millimeters
What is meter stick?
300
A student is excitedly telling their friend their plans for the weekend, and is not listening to the teacher’s lab instructions. During the lab, the student mixes two of the wrong chemicals together and an uncontrolled chemical reaction occurs. What is wrong with this?
What is the student is not paying attention?
400
Name that tool- Measures the mass of an object by placing an object on the hook and pulling down. Uses grams or Newtons
What is spring scale?
400
What does DRY MIX stand for?
What is dependent responding variable goes on the X axis and independent manipulated goes on the Y axis?
400
Observation or Inference? I think it will rain this weekend Because it is cloudy.
What is inference?
400
What is the purpose of a dichotomous key?
What is to classify objects based on their physical characteristics?
400
A student is in the middle of a science experiment where they have to boil a solution for a long time. When the student gets bored and wanders over to talk with their friends, a sweatshirt they left on the desk near the hot plate catches fire. What is wrong with this?
What is the student was not focused on their lab?
500
Name that tool- Measures relative humidity by placing 2 thermometers together and swing in the air to get a reading.
What is sling psychrometer?
500
Name AND describe all 6 steps to the scientific method. Bonus- do the steps always go in order?
What is question- what are you testing?; research- find info to make hypothesis; hypothesis- predication based on research; experiment- conduct testing; analysis- look at data, make graphs; conclusion- support/reject hypothesis and communicate results? Bonus- no
500
Observation or Inference? It smells like Italian food.
What is observation?
500
Explain how a dichotomous Key works.
What is you start a 1a and 1b and you keep going until you reach the name of that object?
500
A student is working on a lab where they are trying to identify an unknown substance. The student decides to smell the solution by taking a big breath over the test tube. They immediately start to cough and their lungs are burning. What is wrong with this?
What is the student was smelling something without permission?