The
Scientific
Method
Jeopardy
Version
100

LxWxH

What is the formula for volume?

100

Mass

What defines the amount of matter in an object?

100

Control

What is the variable that is not tested, but used to compare?

100

Controlled Expirement

What is the test of a hypothesis under conditions established by the scientist

100

Prediction

What is a forecast of what will happen?

200

Water Displacement

What is the method used to find the volume of irregular shaped objects?

200

Density

What do you get by dividing the mass by volume?

200

Inferring

What is the action explain and interpret your observations?

200

1 cm3

What is 1 millimeter equal to?

200

Data

What is the info collected from observing?

300

Meter

What is the basic unit of length?

300

Matter

What has mass and takes up space?

300

Dependent Variable

What is the variable that changes because of the independent variable?

300
Scientific Inquiry

What are the many ways in which scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence they gather

300

Hypothesis

What is an educated guess?

400

Liter

What is the basic unit of volume?
400

Weight

What is the measure of gravitational pull on an object?

400

Independent Variable

What is the variable scientists change in an experiment?

400

Observation

What is using your five senses to gather info about the world?

500

Gram

What is the basic unit of mass?

500

Milli

What prefix means 1/1000?

500

Variable

What is a factor that can change in an experiment?

500

Science

What is a way of learning about the natural world?