Variables
Something that stays the same to keep an experiment fair.
What is a CONSTANT?
This belongs on the top of every graph you make.
What is a TITLE?
A student examines a rock sample and describes it as having particles of various colors that were 1 mm to 12 mm in size. The student was making a?
observation
This is the basic unit for length in the metric system.
What is the meter?
The tool used to measure the length of an object.
What is a metric ruler or meterstick?
The variable that you make 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?
This is the basic unit for volume.
What is the liter?
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.
What is a DEPENDENT VARIABLE?
A graph that is drawn using data points is called a...
What is a line graph?
The step of the scientific method where you make graphs, look for patterns, and think about what happened.
Record and analyze data
This formula can be used to measure the volume of a regular shaped, 3D object with straight sides, like a rectangular box or cube
What is Length x Width x Height?
A tool best used to measure the mass of an object.
What is a TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE?
any factor being tested in an experiment
Organize data
Numbers, observations, or information you collect in an experiment.
What is DATA?
A measure of how much space an object takes up.
What is volume?
What instrument could be used to determine the temperature of a substance?
Temperature
The number of variables that you can change in a controlled experiment.
ONE
What axis can the independent variable be found on?
What is the X-AXIS (Bottom of graph).
A student decides to enter a science contest that requires an original research project. What is the first step she must take in doing research?
State the problem
The amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
A good tool to use to measure the volume of a box-shaped solid object.
What is a metric ruler?