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100
The variable you intentionally change
What is the manipulated variable?
100
The first step in the scientific method
What is the purpose, question or problem?
100
Something that changes during an experiment
What is a variable?
100
100 mm = ___ m
What is 0.1 m?
100
The type of graph used for comparing two related variables
What is line graph?
200
A variable that is kept the same
What is a controlled variable?
200
The second step in the scientific method
What is the hypothesis?
200
The predicted answer to a question that can be tested
What is a hypothesis?
200
50 Dg = __ kg
What is 0.5 kg?
200
The variable that goes on the x axis.
What is the independent or manipulated variable?
300
The variable you observe changes in
What is the dependent variable?
300
The step in the scientific method that first involves variables
What is hypothesis?
300
A comparison between a measurement and the accepted value
What is accuracy?
300
36 inches = __ ft
What is 3 ft?
300
Two things that should always appear in your conclusions.
What are hypothesis supported/not supported, specific data, relationship between data, possible errors, and restate the problem/hypothesis?
400
The dependent variable in the drops experiment
What is number of drops?
400
The final step in the scientific method
What is communicating results?
400
Depends on the number of significant figures in a measurement.
What is precision?
400
1 in. = 2.54 cm 32 cm = __ in
What is 12.6 in?
400
If the responding variable decreases when the manipulated variable increases, the type of relationship the variables have.
What is inverse?
500
The independent variable in the precision lab
What are the people making the measurement?
500
This is the step where you will most likely have a table and/or graph
What is data analysis?
500
A group used in an experiment that is used for comparison, no experimenting is done to it
What is a control group?
500
0.000000582 in Scientific Notation
What is 5.82 x 10^-7?
500
The three things that a procedure should always be
What are complete, specific and concise?