Measurements
Metric System
Metric Conversions
Science Variables
Random
100
When I measure length, like when I measure my height and wingspan, I would use a ______________ _________________
Meter Stick
100
The word that goes after the number in since, like the cm in 14 cm, is known as the _________ and it tells us in what way we are measuring something.
Unit
100
200 cm = ___m
2 m
100
The variable that changes, the thing that is different in each group, what the scientist is actually testing
Example- Type of fertilizer
Independent Variable
100
The tool that we use to measure temperature is a __________________
Thermometer
200
What's this called? 2 words!
Graduated Cylinder
200
The basic unit of measurement for length is a ________________. It's equal to about 3 feet in the English System
Meter
200
0.5 m = _____cm
50 cm
200
The variable that the scientist is measuring or recording, the numbers that they will put into the data table.
Example: Number of leaves on the plant and height of the plant
Dependent Variable
200
What's the name of the shape that a bee uses to make it's honeycomb?
Hexagon
300
Length x Width x Height is an equation to find the ________________ of a rectangular prism (hint- How much space an object takes up)
Volume
300
The basic unit of measurement for temperature is ______________. 0 degrees of this is equal to 32 degrees Fahrenheit in the English System.
Celsius
300
500 ml = _____ L
0.5 L
300
The group that does not include the independent variable, nothing is done to the group, or the "normal" thing is done to this group.
Example- One plant gets no fertilizer
Control Group
300
We measure Forces in this Unit _______________
Newtons
400
Mass divided by volume is the equation for __________________
Density
400
The basic unit for mass (how heavy something is) _____________________. 1 pound is equal to 450 of these.
Gram
400
6.35 kg = ______g
6,350 g
400
Things that are kept the same to make sure the experiment is a "fair test", so that all the groups get everything equal except the independent variable.
Example: Same amount of water, same amount of sunlight, same type of plant
Constants
400
What's this called?
Triple Beam Balance
500
The ________________________ _______________ is the method you use when you find the volume of an irregular object.
Displacement Method
500
The basic unit of volume, how much space something takes up, is the ________________. A gallon is equal to about 3.7 of these.
Liter
500
2,000,000 mm = ______ km
2 km
500
What is the independent variable in this experiment?
What shape is the most efficient shape for a bee to build a honeycomb out of?
Shape
500
What are these called? ______________ ____________
Spring Scales