Variables
Anything that changes in an experiment.
What is a VARIABLE?
Descriptions and involve characteristics that cannot be counted
What is QUALITATIVE DATA?
This step answers the original question.
What is a CONCLUSION?
Numbers, observations, or information you collect in an experiment.
What is DATA?
A tool used to measure length.
What is a RULER or METER STICK?
The drop height of the ping pong ball lab
What is an INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
The kind of data that represents the following statement: The green gecko measured 6.5 cm.
What is BOTH?
An educated guess or prediction for what might happen in an experiment.
What is a HYPOTHESIS?
Numbers and can be obtained by counting.
What is QUANTITATIVE DATA?
The tool best used to measure the volume of a liquid.
What is A GRADUATED CYLINDER?
The bounce height of the ping pong ball.
(CHOSE IV, DV, or CONTROL)
What is a DEPENDENT VARIABLE?
The process of using scientific discoveries for practical purposes
What is SCIENCE?
The step of the scientific method where you make graphs, look for patterns, and think about what happened.
What is the ANALYSIS?
Descriptions or characteristics that do not use measurements.
What is QUALITATIVE DATA?
A tool best used to measure the mass of an object
What is a BALANCE or SCALE?
The ping pong ball in the ping pong ball experiment.
What is a CONTROL GROUP?
A broad and comprehensive statement of what is thought to be true that is supported by considerable evidence
What is SCIENTIFIC THEORY?
The evidence from the experiment is used to determine if the hypothesis is either one of these
What is PROVEN or DISPROVEN?
Used to organize and collect data
What are CHARTS/TABLES/GRAPHS?
The measurement system used by the United States.
What is the IMPERIAL SYSTEM?
The number of variables you change at a time in a controlled experiment
What is ONE?
Statements that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena
What is SCIENTIFIC LAW?
A list of things you do to perform the experiment(not Scientific Method)
What are PROCEDURES?
The collection of data using the senses
What is OBSERVATION?
Commonly known as the metric system, is the international standard for measurement
What is THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS?