Vocab
A universal statement that describes some pattern in nature. Must hold true under the specified conditions without exception.
What is a scientific law?
The variable that changes on purpose:
What is the independent variable?
The S stands for:
What is scale?
Be able to apply on test
How should a hypothesis be written as?
If...then...because...
The cheetah runs at a speed of 65 kilometers per hour
What is quantitative data?
Widely accepted as being true but can be disproven or can change over time.
What is a theory?
The variable we compare the experimental group to is the:
What is the control variable?
The U stands for:
What is units?
What three things make a quality question?
Independent variable, dependent variable and measurable
The Fortune Teller Fish's yellow film came off.
What is qualitative data?
A possible answer to a question based on prior experience and observation.
What is a hypothesis?
The amount of variables changed in an experiment?
What is one?
The L stands for:
What are labels?
Why can words like faster, taller and heavier be used in a scientific question?
They are measurable
The chimp identified 12 pictures correctly
What is quantitative data?
The process scientists use to explain the world around them?
What is the scientific method?
The variable that is measured:
What is the dependent variable?
The T stands for:
What is title?
Why can't words like prettier and better be used in a scientific question?
They are opinion words
The sample with the baking soda appeared bubbly.
What is qualitative data?
Factors that change in an experiment in order to test a hypothesis are called:
What are variables?
What variable goes on the x axis? Which variable is on the y axis?
dependent variable = y axis
The A and N stand for:
What is accuracy and neatness?
The process of gathering information about events or processes in a careful, orderly way is an:
What is an observation?
The patient complained of aches and pains.
What is qualitative data?