Vocabulary
In an experiment you use multiple trials to get an accurate measurement, this is called...
Repetition
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Observation
REPLICATION OR REPETITION: After completing an experiment, you ask your friend to do the same experiment so you can check your results
Replication
What is the independent variable?
The variable that is being changed or manipulated by the scientist
the act of gathering information about a natural phenomenon using your senses or instruments
What is an observation?
The type of data the scientists record from making observations based on measurements in science?
What is quantitative data?
Why is it important that all scientific experiments can be replicated?
To compare results
What is the dependent variable?
What is being measured or recorded, the data
The investigation and exploration of natural events that occur in the world around us.
What is science?
A representation of something in the natural world, typically too small or large to study up close.
What is a model?
Is scientific knowledge permanent?
No, it can change
The variables that remain the same for all trials in an investigation so that the experiment can be FAIR.
What are the constant variable?
Evidence that has been tested and proved through observations & experiments
What is Empirical Evidence?
The dog has white fur is what type of data
Qualitative data
"Do students like math or science better?" Is this a testable question, why or why not?
No, it is based on opinion
Name the control to the following experiment. How does the amount of water effect the growth of a plant? You give three different plants 1 cup of water, 2 cups of water, and no water
What is no water?
Asking people questions or collecting information
What is a survey?
All scientific experiments require these two variables
Independent and dependent
What is this: If plants get more sunlight, then they will grow taller.
a hypothesis
How does parachute size effect the rate of a falling object? Name the independent variable and dependent variable
Independent: parachute size
Dependent: rate of falling object