Observation &
Inference
Inference
A statement that is made based on what is seen, heard, smelt, felt, or tasted
What is an observation?
Many factors that are kept the same between the groups of an experiment are called
What are constants?
Name two tools that can be used to measure length/width/height/distance
What is a ruler/meter stick/tape measure?
5km = ________ m
What is 5000?
The only "major" country to not use the Metric System
What is the United States?
These observations are the ones that measure as opposed to the ones that describe
What are Quantitative Observations?
The group in an experiment used for comparison that either doesn't get the IV or gets the "normal" amount of it is called the
Name the tool used to measure mass
What is a scale/balance?
65mg = ______ g
What is 0.065g?
The Temperature Scale designed around when water freezes and boils to make those temperatures 0 and 100
What is Celsius?
A statement that includes something seen, heard, smelt, felt, or tasted plus prior knowledge/life experience
What is an inference?
The one thing that is purposefully changed by the scientist for each group in an experiment is called
What is the Independent Variable?
Name two tools that can be used to measure liquid volume
What is a beaker and a graduated cylinder?
85cL = ______ dL
What is 8.5dL?
What is Kelvin (K)?
Qualitative/Quantitative Observation OR Inference?
When two chemicals were mixed together a loud "pop" was made because there was a chemical reaction occurring
What is an inference?
The measured effects of an experiment, usually recorded in a data table, is this part of an experiment
What is the Dependent Variable?
Name the three base units of the Metric System
What are meters, liters, and grams?
34.5hm = _______ cm
What is 345,000cm?
What is Burma/Mynamar or Liberia?
Qualitative/Quantitative Observation or Inference?
The girl had long black hair.What is a Qualitative Observation?
5 olive plants growing in a garden receive only rain water when it rains. The farmer is wondering why his olive plants are not growing well, and thinks it is the bugs. He decides to leave one olive plant alone, but treat the other 4 plants with pesticides, but each gets a different brand. He sprays them once every Sunday and watches the results for a month to see how healthy the olive plants are.
What is...
Olive plants
Sprayed on Sundays
One Month Experiment
Rain Water Only
In the Same Garden
1mL is also equal to... (hint, this is helpful when using the displacement method)
What is 1 cm3?
54dg = ________ dag
What is 0.54dag?
Your risk taking has paid off! If you get this question correct, you also get to remove 100 points from another team.
The ancient Greek philosopher who discovered that the volume of an irregular solid could be known by using displacement.
Who is Archimedes?