What are pieces of information, often in the form of numbers, that include observations and measurement?
100
The possible answer to the question in an experiment. It is an educated guess.
What is the hypothesis?
100
Data
What is the information analyzed by a scientist from which s/he draws a conclusion.
100
The Arnold Brick Oven Bread.
What is the first bread to show mold in our lab experiment?
200
To test a hypothesis
What is the main purpose of an experiment?
200
Trial
What is repeating an experiment?
200
Graphs, tables, models, diagrams
What are ways to record data?
200
Explains what the results of an investigation mean.
What is a conclusion?
200
Location, amount of sunlight, sealed bags, identical temperatures, identical sizes
What were controlled variables.
300
Controlled variables
What do scientists call conditions that are kept the same in all parts of an experiment?
300
Analyze
What scientists do with data to determine what it means?
300
A science book
A science journal
A science magazine
What are sources of reliable scientific facts?
300
Collecting and organizing information as a team.
Testing each other's hypotheses.
Discussing, comparing, and contrasting one another's results.
What is communication among scientists?
300
The type of bread.
What is the most important variable in the Moldy Oldie experiment.
400
Observation
What is it called when a scientist gathers information using his/her senses?
400
When you look at the table on page 29, it is clear that at week 5, the seedlings grown at 25 degree celsius have grown at a different rate than those grown at 15 degrees celsius. Describe this rate.
What is 5 times faster?
400
A student would use this unit of measurement to measure the height of students in his/her class. S/he would then compare this information in a type of chart or graph.
What are inches and a bar graph?
(What are centimeters and a bar graph?)
400
One
What is the correct number of uncontrolled variables if our experiment had been correct.
500
Independent Variable
What is a condition that a scientist changes in different parts of an experiment?
500
The circle graph is the best way to record this type of data.
What is the best way to show measurements of a fraction or a percentage of a whole?
500
To compare a known unit to an unknown object, action, or condition.
What is measure?
500
An unexpected flaw occurs in the controlled conditions of an experiment.
What is an uncontrolled variable?
500
The name of the blue (also yellow, white, and green) mold that appeared on most of the breads.