Your recordings of your observations and measurements is called what?
data
100
You must like purple because you are wearing a purple shirt.
inference
100
Name the 5 senses. (points of each correct - up to 500 points!)
touch, sight, taste, hearing, smell
200
A belief based on experience.
What is an opinion.
200
What is the independent variable? Would it be on the X axis or the Y axis? (possible double points)
The independent variable is what you put in to the experiment. It goes on the X axis.
200
What is a hypothesis?
an educated guess
200
a flower
something that is biotic
200
What three words should start off your purpose?
I want to
300
An assumption or conclusion based on an observation.
You must like ____ because ____.
What is an inference.
300
What is the control variable?
The control variable is what stays the same in experiment.
300
Why is it important to have a well written procedure?
So that someone else can follow your procedure and redo your experiment.
300
Green is the best color!
opinion
300
What three words should start off your hypothesis?
I think that
400
Something that is alive.
What is biotic.
400
What is the dependent variable? Does it go on the X axis or the Y axis? (possible double points).
The dependent variable is what you measure. It goes on the Y axis.
400
What is always the first step in any procedure?
Gather materials.
400
I found that Hi-See carrots really do help your eyesight improve.
conclusion
400
What three words should start off your conclusion?
I found that
500
Something that has been proven over and over again.
What is a fact.
500
Marge has read that eating Hi-See carrots will make her eyesight better. She wants to do an experiment. She feeds Lisa Hi-See carrots for 2 weeks while feeding Bart the RabbitFood carrots that the family usually eats. What is the independent variable? the control variable? the dependent variable? (Possible triple points!!)
independent variable=Hi-See carrots control variable=RabbitFood carrots dependent variable=eyesight
500
Name the 10 parts of the scientific method. (500 points for every 2 correct answers - possible 2500 points!!!)