Variables
The group that doesn't get whatever is being tested.
What is the CONTROL GROUP?
This belongs on the top of every graph you make.
What is a TITLE?
This step answers the original question.
What is a conclusion?
Something you would wear in the lab to keep you safe.
What are goggles, lap apron, lab coat, closed-toe shoes, or gloves?
The tool used to measure the length of an object.
What is a metric ruler or meterstick?
The variable that the experimenter makes different in order to test it.
What is an INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
What is the name of the horizontal (side to side) axis?
What is X-AXIS?
An educated guess or prediction for what might happen in an experiment.
What is a HYPOTHESIS?
Why you shouldn't work alone in the lab.
What is because if were hurt, there would be no one to help you?
The tool best used to measure the volume of a liquid.
What is A GRADUATED CYLINDER?
The variable that you observe or measure during an experiment, it changes depending on other variables.
What is the DEPENDENT VARIABLE?
True or False: You don't need to label the bottom and side of a graph.
What is False?
The step of the scientific method where you make graphs, look for patterns, and think about what happened.
What is the ANALYSIS?
What is tie it back?
A tool best used to measure the mass of an object.
What is a TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE?
Things that stay the same to keep an experiment fair.
What are CONTROL VARIABLES?
This variable is graphed on the y-axis, it depends on the independent variable.
What is the DEPENDENT VARIABLE?
Numbers, observations, or information you collect in an experiment.
What is DATA?
Three pieces of safety equipment found in our lab.
What is a fire extinguisher, an eye wash, fire blanket, fire alarm, first aid kit, phone, or sinks with soap?
What is a RING STAND?
The number of variables that you can change in a valid or fair experiment.
What is one?
This variable is graphed on the x-axis. It is the one manipulated (or controlled) by the experimenter.
What is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?
A list of steps you do to test the hypothesis (not Scientific Method)
What is the EXPERIMENT?
Why you shouldn't use cracked or chipped glassware.
What is because it might cut you, or because it causes stress points where the glass might break?
A flat bottomed jar used to mix contents or pour out of, but not for precise measurements.
What is a beaker?