Question & Observations
Using your senses to describe something is known as a(n) what?
What is observation?
What two words should a good hypothesis have?
What are "if" & "then?"
What should you put at the top of every graph?
What is a title?
In the M&M lab that we did, what were the levels?
Red, Orange, Blue, Green, Brown, Yellow
Observations that involve an amount or tell how much are known as what?
What is quantitative observations?
A hypothesis is an educated/informed ____________.
What is prediction or guess?
When you collect data, you should put it in a data ________.
What is table?
What is a constant variable?
The variable that stays the same in an experiment.
An observation that describes something without using a number is known as what?
What is qualitative observations?
In the following statement, what is the hypothesis? Jamie noticed that many of the plants in her yard were dying. She saw some June bugs in the area one day. She wanted to try to figure out what was happening to her plants. She thinks that if June bugs live near her plants, then they will die faster than plants without the June bugs.
What is "if June bugs live near her plants, then they will die faster than plants without the June bugs."
Why is important to do multiple trials in an experiment?
Multiple trials allow us to get the most accurate results. The results from one trial only might be fluke.
Many Tigers Fans...is this a qualitative observation, quantitative observation, or both?
What is both?
A good testable question is not something that you can just ____________________.
What is look up/research?
Does every scientist follow the same steps in their experiment? Why or why not?
Answers may vary.
The variable that the scientist changes in an experiment is called?
What is independent variable?
Is this a good testable question: Does water temperature affect the hatching rate of fish eggs?
What is yes!
Give me a qualitative and quantitative observation about the classroom
What is the final step in the scientific method?
Communicating results/telling whether or not your hypothesis was correct.
The variable that depends on the independent variable is the what?
What is dependent variable?
Is this a good hypothesis: I think colder temperatures slow down the hatching process of fish eggs.
What is no.