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Potpourri
100

The branch in physical science that studies the properties of matter and changes in matter.

What is chemistry?

100

The variable that is expected to change because of another variable.

What is the dependent (responding) variable?

100
The first thing you should do if an accident occurs.
What is notify the teacher?
100
The name for the horizontal line of a graph.
What is the x-axis?
100

The process of making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.

What is predicting?

200

The process of using one or more of your senses to gather information.

What is observing?

200

A possible explanation or answer to a scientific question.

What is a hypothesis?

200
The lab safety equipment that protects your eyes from chemical splashes, glass breakage, and sharp objects.
What are safety goggles?
200
A way of changing the natural world to meet human needs or solve practical problems.
What is technology?
200
Observation that deals with words and descriptions not expressed in numbers.
What is a qualitative observation?
300

An observation that deals with a number.

What is a quantitative observation?

300
Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observation.
What is data?
300
The end-of-lab procedure for all labs and activities.
What is clean up after yourself?
300

A scaled representation of an experiment or invention.

What is a model?

300

A graph that shows a relationship between two sets of data.

What is a line graph?

400

The process of studying nature.

What is science?

400
A summary of what you have learned from a scientific experiment.
What is a conclusion?
400
The most important lab safety rule.
What is follow the directions?
400

A working model that is used to test a design.

What is a prototype?

400
A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions.
What is a scientific law?
500

The process of putting things into categories or groups based on their similarities.

What is classifying?

500
The factor that is the only change in a controlled experiment.
What is the independent (manipulated) variable?
500
This safety symbol has a skull and crossbones.
What is poison?
500

A profession that solves problems by creating models and designs, often using technology.

What is an engineer?

500
A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results.
What is a scientific theory?