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Scientific Method & Safety
Mass, Weight, Volume
Variables
States of Matter
Periodic Table
100
In the scientific method the problem is always in the form of a ___________.
What is a question?
100
This is how the particles of a liquid behave when you pour them into a graduated cylinder.
What is slip and slide around each other?
100
This is also known as the independent variable.
What is the manipulated variable?
100
This state of matter has a definite shape and a definite volume.
What is a solid?
100
All elements are made of teeny tiny particles called ____.
What is an atom?
200
This scientific method step involves making a prediction.
What is the hypothesis?
200
Mass measures the amount of _____ in an object.
What is matter?
200
This is the group with no change added during an experiment so that results can be compared.
What is a control group?
200
This is why a mirror fogs up when you take a shower.
What is condensation? or What is changing from a gas to a liquid when it hits a cool surface?
200
Metals conduct ___________ better than nonmetals.
What is electricity or heat?
300
This is the correct way to smell a chemical.
What is waving your hand gently towards your face to get a small amount of scent?
300
This measurement is determined by gravity.
What is weight?
300
Sponge Bob decides his pet snail Gary needs his shell cleaned, but soap and water don't seem to do the trick. He goes to the pet store and they recommend a new wax called Shell Shine. Sponge Bob tries it out for a week and is amazed at how shiny Gary's shell becomes! This is the variable represented by Gary's shiny new shell.
What is the dependent or responding variable?
300
This is the process that occurs when puddles disappear after rain.
What is evaporation?
300
In each square on the periodic table you can tell which one is the atomic number because _________.
What is a whole number?
400
Making inferences occurs during this step of the scientific method.
What is the conclusion?
400
In a graduated cylinder you measure ______ _______.
What is volume of a liquid?
400
Sponge Bob decides his pet snail Gary needs his shell cleaned, but soap and water don't seem to do the trick. He goes to the pet store and they recommend a new wax called Shell Shine. Sponge Bob tries it out for a week and is amazed at how shiny Gary's shell becomes! This is the variable represented by the Shell Shine product.
What is the independent or manipulated variable?
400
This is the state of matter found in stars.
What is plasma?
400
The atomic number is equal to the number of _____ in an atom.
What is the number of protons?
500
This is the first safety rule that you should follow in a lab.
What is wait for directions?
500
I measure how hot or cold something is.
What is temperature?
500
This is why only one manipulated or independent variable is used.
What is clear and accurate results? If too many variables are tested there is no way to tell what caused the results!
500
Dry ice goes from a solid directly to a gas. This process is called __________.
What is sublimation?
500
This is the location of the metalloids on the periodic table.
What is the staircase or zig-zag line between the metals and the nonmetals?