Scientific Method
What step of the scientific method do you test your hypothesis?
What is Experiment.
This type of data is measurable.
What is Quantitative Measurement.
What are the two types of variables stated in a hypothesis?
What are the 3 most common types of graphs?
What is bar, line, and pie graph.
I'm assuming you looked stressed out because of your quiz tomorrow. What is this?
What is an inference.
What is the first step in the scientific method?
What is Obsevation.
What are the two types of data?
What is Qualitative Data and Quantitative Data.
Where are the independent and dependent variables placed on a bar/line graph?
What is.... Independent is on the bottom of the graph, dependent is on the side of the graph.
This is what you see compared to what you guess is happening or going to happen.
What is observation and inference.
What step in the scientific method do you make careful observations and write down what happens?
Experiment
This type of data is describable.
What is Qualitative Measurement.
Drinking more milk will get you stronger bones. What is wrong with this hypothesis?
What is... It is not in 'if, then, because' format
What are the 4 parts of a graph?
What are the title, labels, data, and scale.
In which step of the scientific method do you write your summary?
What is Conclusion.
Blue, rough, metal are all examples of what type of data?
What is Qualitative Measurement.
I wonder if you smoke more e-cigarettes, will you have a better chance of getting lung cancer? State a good hypothesis for this question.
What is...If you increase the number of e-cigarettes you smoke, then you will increase your chance of getting lung cancer because....
Data in an experiment is used for what in a conclusion?
What is Evidence
I see there are 24 desks and 7 lab tables in this room. What is this?
What is...an observation
List all six steps of the scientific method.
What is Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analyze Results, Conclusion.
4 feet long with 24 buttons are both examples of what type of data?
What is Quantitative Measurement.
If your jeopardy team in Mr. Salerno's class did well then you will do well on today's social studies unit test because Mr. Salerno's tests are hard. What are the independent and dependent variables?
IV: whether you did well in jeopardy or not
DV: score on unit test
What do each of the 3 types of graphs show?
Bar - Amount of something
Line - change over time
Pie - parts of a whole
Thinking about the hypothesis: If soil temperatures rise, then plant growth will increase. What might a control in this experiment be?
What is... using the same potting soil, making sure both plants have an equal amount of light etc.