VOCABULARY
These are variables that must be kept the same for an experiment to be valid
The independent variable goes on this axis.
What is the x-axis?
If you wear these, you should not need to use the eye wash station.
What are goggles?
What are the 5 brands of dog food?
An educated guess made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
What is a hypothesis?
The type of graph that should be used when looking at data trends over several time points, temperature points, or other data points.
What is a line graph?
If you or your lab group break a glass beaker, this is the person you will tell.
Who is the teacher?
The group that is not exposed to a treatment or factor being tested in an experiment.
What is the control group?
Data that is descriptive and uses words.
What is qualitative data?
What is a legend or key?
This is the proper way to detect an odor by gently moving the air toward your nose.
What is wafting?
Dogs were given 5 brands of dog food and ate various amounts of each. This is a constant variable.
What are dogs? What is the time allowed to eat?
A variable that the researcher has control over or chooses
What is an independent variable?
Rule number one when reading a graph
What is look at the title and labels?
What is tied back?
The reason constant variables are important in an experiment.
What is a valid experiment? What is the results are due to the independent variable and not another factor?
A variable that can be measured and depends on another variable. Usually on the y-axis of a graph.
What is a dependent variable?
Name 3 parts of a graph that need labels.
What are the graph title, x-axis, and y-axis?
The agreement that you and your parent signed which outlines procedures, rules, and expectations in the lab.
What is a safety contract?
Dogs were given 5 brands of dog food and ate various amounts of each. This is the dependent variable.
What are various amounts of dog food?