What is BIAS?
A personal opinion
What does the term reputability mean?
Trustworthy
What is a hypothesis?
Testable explanation of a question or problem.
What is a DEPENDENT variable?
The thing in an experiment being changed
What is an INDEPENDENT variable?
The part of an experiment that is causing a change
What is a QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATION?
Using numbers to describe observations
What is the Scientific Method?
a process that is used to answer questions about the world
What is a QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION?
Describing things without the use of numbers
What is an experiment?
A procedure that will test the hypothesis
What is a conclusion?
Statement that explains if the hypothesis was supported or not
What is an inference?
What you think may happen based on observations (an educated guess)
What side of the PERIODIC TABLE is the MOST REACTIVE?
The left side (red) - Alkali Metals
What is an IONIC BOND?
A bond in which electrons are TRANSFERRED
What side of the PERIODIC TABLE is the LEAST REACTIVE?
The right side (pink) - Noble Gases
What is a CONTROL GROUP?
Everything in the experiment we DON'T want to change
What is a COVALENT BOND?
A bond in which electrons are SHARED
How did scientists find out how long ago OTZI died?
By using radioactive dating with Carbon-14
What president is on the $20 bill?
Andrew Jackson
What substances contain mostly COVALENT BONDS?
Metals
Organic Compounds
What substance contains mostly IONIC BONDS?
Salt
What is the difference between ATOMS and MOLECULES?
Atoms make up molecules
What are VARIABLES?
factors that might change in an experiment
What are HYDROGEN bonds?
A bond that makes WATER less dense when frozen than in LIQUID form
What are VAN DER WAALS forces?
When POSITIVE and NEGATIVE POLES of a molecule are attracted to each other allowing you to walk on the WAAAALLS
Which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
What is the name for the colored part of the eye?
Iris
What URL endings are considered trustworthy and give me one website example.
.org
.gov
.edu
How does the velvet worm capture its prey?
It sprays them with a sticky paralytic slime
What is the atomic number
and atomic mass of Boron?
Atomic Number: 5
Atomic Mass: 10.811
What is an OBSERVATION? Give three examples of an observation in this classroom.
Using your senses (look, touch, smell, describe) to gather information