A prediction or proposed explanation that can be tested.
What is a hypothesis?
100
A step by step list of how to carry out an experiment.
What is procedure?
100
Title, Purpose, Background Information, Hypothesis, Materials and Equipment, Procedure, Data, and Conclusion.
What are the parts of a lab report?
100
Base unit of length
What is meter (m)?
100
Used to put out electrical, chemical, or gas fires
What is fire extinguisher?
200
Using all of your senses and scientific instruments to describe a thing or event.
What is an observation?
200
A trial where all the variables are held constant. It is used as the standard of comparison for your experiment.
What is control?
200
No special interest in the outcome of an experiment.
What is unbiased?
200
Base unit of mass
What is gram (g)?
200
Looks kind of like a glass cup with a spout to make pouring fluids easier
What is a beaker?
300
Information or data based on countable measurements of something.
What is quantitative data?
300
All the variables in an experiment that remain the same.
What are constants?
300
How consistent and exact your measurements are.
What is precision?
300
Base unit of volume
What is liter (L)?
300
Like a beaker, except that its mouth is much narrower, so it can be closed with a stopper.
What is flask?
400
An explanation of why something happens based on years of testing and observation.
What is a theory?
400
The variable that is influenced by the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable?
400
How close to the actual value your measurement is.
What is accuracy?
400
Base unit of time
What is seconds (s)?
400
A tool that allows you to see small things up close
What is a microscope?
500
A representation of something that's too small, too big, or too expensive to observe in real life. Some examples include physical, computer, and mathematical.
What are models?
500
Use evidence to draw conclusions about things you may not have directly observed.
What is infer?
500
A summary of what you learned from the experiment, whether or not your results supported your hypothesis, any errors, and questions for more experiments.