This type of observation only uses the five senses.
What is a qualitative observation?
100
All science investigations begin with this
What is a problem or question?
100
facts and information gathered in a science investigation.
What is data?
100
Wearing goggles in the lab
What is protecting your eyes from harm?
200
This is an investigation that takes a scientist on location.
It may be to another country to study volcanoes or to the local lake to get water samples.
What is field work?
200
All types of investigations involve these
What are observations?
200
This is the variable that is changed in an experiment
What is the independent or test variable?
200
This is used to organize your data.
What is a data table?
200
To prevent materials from getting lost or other books getting wet.
What is reasons to keep your work area organized and clean
300
This investigation involves having people answer a questionaire
What is a survey?
300
Kerry is investigating to see if giving her plant more sunlight would increase its growth. This is the independent variable or test variable
What is sunlight?
300
This is a testable idea that predicts the outcome
What is a hypothesis?
300
This type of graph is used to show change over time.
What is a line graph?
300
This is how we should smell things in the science lab.
What is Wafting?
400
The study of the natural conditions and events.
What is science?
400
Data collected in the form of measurements or other numbers
What is quantitative observations?
400
After the results are analyzed this happens.
What is draw a conclusion?
400
This graph is used to display separate categories.
What is a bar graph?
400
It is important to report these to the teacher as soon as it happens.
What is an accident?
500
A good science investigations should have:
Results that are reproducible
Results are based on large sample sizes
Results are based on disclosed ( shared) procedures or processes.
Results are reviews by peers
500
These are six characteristics of a good experiment.
What are one test variable
all other variables are controlled
3-5 repeated trials
Procedures can be followed by others
Results can be reproduced
Results can be shared with others
500
These are the seven steps of the scientific method.
What are problem, observations, hypothesis, experiment, d, results, conclusion and share with peers
500
The initial volume of a graduated cylinder is 100 ml. Then an object is dropped in and the volume is now 139 ml. The volume of the object is this number
What is 139 ml?
500
Everyone should do this after cleaning their area but before leaving the science lab