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Experimental Design
Metric Measurements
Metric Conversions
Tables and Graphs
Grab Bag
100
To make sure the experiment's results are valid, scientists should use this number of trials for each time a variable is changed.
What is three trials?
100
This measurement describes the amount of matter in a substance, usually measured in grams.
What is mass?
100
This is the abbreviation for deciliter.
What is dL?
100
This is the proper format for the title of a table or a graph.
What is "The Effect of the IV on the DV"?
100
This shorthand form of writing numbers is typically used to report very large or very small numbers.
What is scientific notation?
200
Bowie wanted to test if he could climb a flat wall faster than he could climb a wall with a steep incline. The independent variable in Bowie's experiment is _____________.
What is the type of wall?
200
This is the piece of lab equipment that Sherron would use to measure the amount of Gatorade that he has in his bottle.
What is a graduated cylinder?
200
This is the number of meters that are in one kilometer.
What is one thousand?
200
This is the location on the graph where the independent variable should go.
What is the x-axis?
200
This describes how much space an object takes up.
What is volume?
300
Lola wants to know if her free throw average increases when the basketball is more inflated. The dependent variable of her experiment is ______________.
What is Lola's free throw average?
300
This is the unit of measurement that would be most appropriate for measuring the length of a flea's leg.
What is a millimeter?
300
This is 24 centimeters converted to millimeters
What is 240 millimeters?
300
The type of graph that should be used for percentages.
What is a pie graph?
300
This describes how much matter is in an object.
What is mass?
400
This is the variable(s) that does not change during an experiment, to help ensure that the results of the experiment are due to the independent variable and not anything else.
What is a constant?
400
When measuring the volume of a liquid in a graduated cylinder, one should always measure from the bottom of the ____________.
What is the meniscus?
400
This is 0.789 kilometers converted to dekameters
What is 78.9 dekameters?
400
Audrey would like to know if her 100m freestyle in swimming has gotten faster as she has gotten older. She gets data from her coach on her 100m freestyle times from age 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. What type of graph should she use to show this data?
What is a line graph?
400
An average human hair (depending on age of the person and the distance from the scalp) is 0.00016 m thick. Express this number in scientific notation.
What is 1.6 x 10^-4 m?
500
Mrs. McPhillips wants to know if her peace lily will grow taller and healthier on the windowsill, or on the back table of her classroom. A constant for this experiment is ______________.
What is the amount of water that she gives each plant? What is the frequency of watering the plants? What is the type and amount of soil for each plant? What is the size of the pot for each plant?
500
Chase would like to know the volume of his eraser, which is shaped like a hedgehog. Give the name of the method he should use.
What is volume by displacement?
500
This is 24 hectoliters converted to deciliters.
What is 24,000 deciliters?
500
Toria creates a bar graph to show the playing times of each player on the Albert Hill girls' basketball team. The y-axis should be labeled __________________.
What is playing time?
500
The circumference of Earth is 40,075,000 m. How would you express this number in scientific notation?
What is 4.0075 x 10^7 m?