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Vocabulary #1
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Measurement #1
Measurement #2
Experiment
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What you see, hear, taste, feel, or smell
What is an observation?
100
The factor in an experiment that is altered by the experimenter
What is the independent variable?
100
What metric tool is best for measuring the length of your pencil? Measure your pencil to the nearest mm and cm.
Ruler; Teacher will check answer.
100
What metric tool is best for measuring the volume of water in an eyedropper?
graduated cylinder
100
Form a hypothesis about which type of flooring in our house will allow a toy car to roll the farthest when pushed.
If a toy car is pushed on concrete, then it will roll farther than on wood, carpet, or carpet padding.
200
A tentative explanation based on background knowledge and available data.
What is an inference?
200
The factor in an experiment that changes as a result of the manipulation of the independent variable
What is the dependent variable?
200
What metric tool is best for measuring the height of the easel? Measure to the nearest cm.
Meter stick; Teacher will check answer.
200
What metric tool is best for measuring the temperature in the house? Measure to the nearest degree Celsius.
Celsius Thermometer; Teacher will check answer.
200
What would the independent variable, the dependent variable, and the constants be in the experiment about which type of flooring in our house will allow a toy car to roll the farthest when pushed?
IV: type of flooring DV: distance the car travels C: car, force of the push
300
Tells what may happen in some future situation
What is a prediction?
300
Those things that are purposefully not changed and remain the same throughout the experiment
What are the constants?
300
What metric tool is best for measuring the weight of a pear?
scale or balance
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What metric tool is best for measuring the temperature in the refrigerator? Measure to the nearest degree Celsius.
Celsius Thermometer; Teacher will check answer.
300
Perform the experiment and record the data about which type of flooring in our house will allow a toy car to roll the farthest when pushed
Teacher will check answers.
400
A summary statement based on the results of an investigation
What is a conclusion?
400
Data that deals with descriptions and that can be observed, but not measured.
What is qualitative data?
400
What is the best metric tool for measuring the mass of a penny?
Balance or scale
400
What tool is best for measuring the elapsed time from when Damon left (6:44 AM) until he returned yesterday (3:09 PM)? Figure the elapsed time.
Stopwatch or clock; 8 hrs. 25 min.
400
Graph the results of the experiment about which type of flooring in our house will allow a toy car to roll the farthest when pushed.
Teacher will check the graph.
500
An educated guess/prediction about what will happen based on what you already know and what you have already learned from your research
What is a hypothesis?
500
Data that can be counted or measured and the results can be recorded using numbers
What is quantitative data?
500
What is the best metric tool for measuring the volume of water in Tiffany's tervis? Measure to the nearest mL.
Beaker or Measuring Glass; Teacher will check answer.
500
If Kathryn woke up at 7:33 AM and was awake for 12 hrs 54 min, what time did she go to bed that night?
8:27 PM
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Draw a conclusion about which type of flooring in our house will allow a toy car to roll the farthest when pushed.
A toy car will travel farther on a concrete floor than on a carpet floor, padded floor, or wood floor.