Vocabulary
The one thing that scientists change in their experiment.
What is independent variable?
The first thing that goes on your graph.
What is title?
What is independent variable?
What is ask a question?
What is the dependent variable?
Hypothesis: If I eat breakfast daily, then I will improve my test score.
What is test score?
The thing that does not change in an experiment.
What is controlled variables?
The axis where you put your independent variable.
What is x-axis?
Steps you follow to do your experiment.
What is procedures?
Another word for prediction or educated guess?
What is hypothesis?
What is the independent variable?
Does changing the wing shape make it more narrow affect the distance a paper airplane will fly?
What is the wing shape?
The thing we measure in an experiment (the thing that changes as a result).
What is dependent variable?
The axis where you put your dependent variable.
What is y-axis?
The hypothesis you make must always be correct. (true or false)
What is false.
The final step of the scientific method.
What is conclusion?
Mr. Pransky wants to see how different surfaces affect how high a tennis ball can bounce. What is the independent variable?
What is surface (e.g., concrete floor, grass, carpet)?
Observations used to describe the quality of something in a scientific experiment.
What is qualitative?
What kind of graph is this?
What is line graph?
What section of the lab report has your question and hypothesis?
The information you get through your senses, such as touch or sight.
What is observation?
What is the independent variable?
Hypothesis: If bounty paper towel is more absorbent, then it will absorb more water than any other paper towel brand.
What is the amount of water used for the paper towel to absorb (e.g., 70 mL, 80 mL, 90mL)
Numeric observations during a scientific experiment.
What is quantitative?
Create a graph using the data below:
Daily Temp.(Fahrenheit) of the Week
Monday- 98
Tuesday- 99
Wednesday- 103
Thursday- 106
Friday- 110
Saturday- 112
Sunday- 72
What is bar graph?
Title: Daily Temp. (Fahrenheit) of the Week
x-axis (independent variable): Days of the Week
y-axis (dependent variable): Temperature (Fahrenheit)
Scale/Interval: range from 95-115 degrees
The part of the report that contains your materials and procedures.
What is methods?
The information you collect while doing your experiment is called
What is the dependent variable?
Students were involved in an experiment to investigate whether playing music while they took a test affected their scores.
What is test scores?