What is something that you keep track of during an experiment?
What is dependent variable?
100
a metric unit used to measure mass
What is a gram?
100
When you graph data, which goes on the X axis?
a) the independent variable
b) the dependent variable
c) whichever one you want to put there
What is the independent variable?
100
A rock weighs 27 grams and has a volume of 9 cm3. What is its density?
What is 3 cm3?
100
What are the names of the guinea pigs?
What are Thelma and Louise?
200
Something that you change during an experiment to see its effect.
What is an independent variable?
200
A tube that has milliliters marked on the side and is used to measure liquid volume
What is a graduated cylinder?
200
In our parachute experiment, what was the dependent variable?
a) height of the building
b) number of paper clips on the parachute
c) time it took the parachute to fall
What is "time it took the parachute to fall"?
200
Here are the densities of some liquids:
water - 1 gram/cm3
honey- 1.8 grams/cm3
oil- .8 grams/cm3
Draw the layers as they would settle in a cup.
What is honey on the bottom, water in the middle, oil on top?
200
How can you tell if a 1943 penny is pure copper?
What is use a magnet; it won't stick if it's pure copper?
300
Something that comes from your five senses or an instrument
What is an observation?
300
There are 8 mL of water in a graduated cylinder. You lower a fishing weight into it and the water rises to 13 mL. What is the volume of the fishing weight?
What is 5 mL?
300
Which is more dense, an ice cube or liquid water?
What is liquid water?
300
What do you call the bottom part of a sailboat that keeps it upright in the water?
What is the keel or center board?
400
The smallest unit of matter
What is an atom?
400
A penny from 1974 has a mass of 3 grams. It has a volume of 1 cm3. What is its density?
What is 3 g/cm3?
400
Put the states of matter in order of density from lowest to highest density.
What is gas, liquid, solid?
400
What two living things do we feed to the class gecko?
What are crickets and super worms?
500
an educated guess
What is an hypothesis?
500
A measure of how tightly packed the matter is in an object
What is density?
500
Why does water climb up the sides of a glass graduated cylinder?
What is it is electrically attracted to the glass?
500
Box A and Box B are the same size. Box A weighs 83 grams. Box B weighs 52 grams. Which is more dense?
What is Box A?
500
What is the big clear colored rock on Mrs Glover's desk?