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Measurements
Scientific Method
Variable
Observations
Mystery
100
What is the tool used for measuring mass?
Triple beam balance
100
In science, an educated guess is called a/an
Hypothesis
100
What is the one variable changed in an experiment?
Independent Variable
100
What is an observation using number to describe.
What is a quantitative observation
100
Which is a more precise measurement: centimeter or millimeters.
What is millimeters
200
What unit is the tool used to measure volume?
Graduated Cylinder
200
In an experiment, the factor that we measure is called the
What is the dependent variable
200
What is an observation using characteristics to describe?
What is qualitative observations
200
Find the mean of: 1,2,5,8
What is 4?
300
What is the unit of measurement for mass?
Grams
300
When you decide whether or not the data supports the original hypothesis, you are
What is conclusion
300
All the things in an experiment that must be the same to make it fair are called
Control (constant)
300
If you go to a birthday party, you can infer that?
There will be cake, there will be balloons, etc.
300
What is the Mean of these numbers? 6, 11, 7
What is 8
400
What is the unit of measurement for volume?
mL(milliliters).
400
A scientist who wants to study the affects of fertilizer on plants sets up an experiment. Plant A gets no fertilizer, Plant B gets 5 mg. of fertilizer each day, and Plant C gets 10mg. of fertilizer each day. Which plant is the control group.
What is Plant A
400
A scientist hypothesizes the the temperature at which an alligator's egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female. The independent variable is
What is the temperature
400
What can you conclude from this data: 38 students voted on their favorite ice cream flavor. 8- Vanilla 10-Chocolate 20-Strawberry
What is strawberry was the favorite flavor
400
What is the meniscus?
What is the curve of a liquid in a graduated cylinder
500
What are the two metric measurements used for temperature?
Kelvin and Celsius
500
Lying in bed you notice that you get cold every time your brother opens the door. This is most closely associated with which step in the scientific method?
What is making an observation (stating a problem).
500
A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants that can live in the water. In this experiment the dependent variable is?
What is the number of plants that can live in the water
500
Build a data table with the following information: Beth tested which of her candle brands burned the fastest. She used glade and yankee candles and repeated the trials 2 times. 1st trial: Glade: 10 hours Yankee: 20 hours 2nd trial: Glade 9.5 hours Yankee: 21 hours
What is Type of candle | Trial 1 | Trial 2 Glade 10 20 Yankee 9.5 21
500
Build a bar graph with all the parts of a bar graph labeled. 38 children voted on their favorite super hero. Superman was the most popular choice. The results of voting can be seen below. 18 – Superman 9 – Bat man 11 – Iron man
What is title, xaxis, yaxis,