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Variables/Graphing
Thinking like a scientist
Scientific Method
Measurements
Random
100
What is the name of the horizontal (side to side) axis?
X-axis
100
What is an observation?
using your five senses
100
An organized way to collect and record scientific data is
Data table
100
This is the basic unit for length in the metric system.
What is the meter?
100
The tool used to measure the length of an object.
meter stick
200
The variable that you change or make different in order to test it.
What is a Independent or manipulated VARIABLE?
200
What is an inference?
explaining or interpreting what you observed
200
An educated guess or prediction for what might happen in an experiment.
What is a HYPOTHESIS?
200
This is the basic unit for volume when dealing with a liquid.
Liter
200
The tool best used to measure the volume of a liquid.
What is A GRADUATED CYLINDER?
300
The variable that you observe or measure during an experiment.
What is a Dependent or responding VARIABLE?
300
grouping together of items that are alike in some way
classifying
300
What does ethics means
knowing right from wrong. following the rules
300
This formula can be used to measure the volume of a rectangular shaped object like a door or desk
Length x Width x Height?
300
A tool best used to measure the mass of an object.
TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE
400
What is the name of the vertical (up and down) axis?
Y-axis
400
Making a statement or claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence is called
Predicting
400
Numbers, or information you collect in an experiment.
What is DATA?
400
A measure of how much 3D space an object takes up.
What is volume?
400
A possible explanation for a set of observations or answers to a scientific questions is called a
Hypothesis
500
The factor that may change in RESPONSE to the manipulated variable?
Responding variable
500
Observations that deal with a number or amount are called
Quantitative observations
500
The first step in the scientific method is?
Observation/question
500
The amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
500
What is mean, median, mode, and range
Mean=Average Median is the middle number Mode=Number that comes up the most Range=Greatest number minus smallest number