Variables
Anything that changes in an experiment.
What is a variable?
This belongs on the top of every graph you make.
What is a title?
This step answers the original question.
What is a conclusion?
The two types of observation.
What is qualitative and quantitative?
A word used to describe data that is consistent.
What is precise?
The variable that you make different in order to test it.
What is the independent variable?
What is the name of the horizontal (side to side) axis?
What is the x axis?
An educated guess or prediction for what might happen in an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
This type of observation is measurable.
What is quantitative?
If soil temperatures rise, then plant growth will increase. What might a constant in this experiment be?
What is... using the same potting soil, making sure both plants have an equal amount of light etc.
The variable that you observe or measure during an experiment.
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?
This type of observation is describable.
What is qualitative?
Find the independent and dependent variables in the following experiment: If you increase the number of times you practice shooting free-throws, then you will increase your chances of making a basket every time.
What is Independent- practice shooting free throws, Dependent- making baskets.
Something that stays the same to keep an experiment fair.
What is a constant?
Where does the dependent variable go on a graph?
What is the y axis?
Numbers, observations, or information you collect in an experiment.
What is data?
Blue, rough, metal are all examples of what type of observation?
What is qualitative?
I am doing a test to see if there is a connection between how long you run and how fast your heart beats. I will be performing an experiment where a person will run for a 1 minute and I will check their heartbeat. Then they will run for 2 minutes and I will check their heart rate. I will do this up to 6 minutes and see if there is a connection. What do you think my hypothesis should be?
What is...If I increase the amount of time I run, then my heartbeat will increase.
The number of variables that you can change in an experiment.
What is one?
If you have a data table with two columns, the left column always goes on this axis of the graph.
What is the x axis.
A list of things you do to perform the experiment(not Scientific Method)
What are procedures?
4 feet long with 24 buttons are both examples of what type of observation?
What is quantitative?
List all six steps of the scientific method.
What is Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Observe and Record, Analyze Results, Share Results.