Variables Definitions
Anything that can change in an experiment.
VARIABLE
What is the independent variable in this question?
Does your age affect how fast you can run?
Age
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Question
What does affect mean?
What is the name of the part that you look through?
Eye piece or ocular lens
The variable that you make different in order to test it.
What is the independent variable?
How does time of day affect a student's reading ability?
time of day
What is a HYPOTHESIS?
An educated guess or prediction for what might happen in an experiment.
Which word means a "number that describes something about an object or event."?
Measure
The stage.
The variable that you observe or measure during an experiment.
Dependent Variable
What is the dependent variable?
Does changing the amount of light affect the growth of plants?
Growth of plants
What is an experiment?
Step by step directions to test your prediction.
What is a variable?
Anything that can change in an experiment.
what is the lowest magnification on a microscope?
4x
Something that stays the same to keep an experiment fair.
CONSTANT
What is the independent variable?
What is the dependent variable?
Does the brand of chocolate affect student test scores?
brand of chocolate
test scores
Numbers, observations, or information you collect in an experiment.
Results/ Data
What does test mean?
Use it in a sentence.
To try out. To take steps to examine something.
What is the highest magnification on the microscope?
40x
The number of variables that you can change in an experimemt.
one
What is the independent variable?
What is the dependent variable?
Which brand of paper towel will absorb the most water?
Brand of paper towel
Amount of water
List all of the steps of the scientific method.
Question
Hypothesis
Experiment
Results
Conclusion
Use the word affect in a sentence or question.
Answers may vary.
If your eye piece magnifies an image 10x. And your objective lens is 40x. What is the total magnification?
400x