Words / Science Words
This is the act of watching and recording what occurs...give the fancy descriptive name too and get double points.
What is observation: Qualitative observations?
This is where you argue if the hypothesis is accepted or rejected, using evidence to support the claim and reasoning/explaining how that evidence supports the claim. (In other words, this is where you write a CER)
What is a conclusion?
This is how one would measure mass and the base units that would be used.
What is using a balance (triple beam or digital) and the base units are grams (official SI is kilogram)?
This is what mm, hL, kg means...
What is millimeter (mm), hectoliter (hL), and kilogram (kg)?
This is a group within a controlled experiment that is compared to the results of the experimental group and receives no treatment of an independent variable.
What is a control group?
This is the factor in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the investigator; you are testing it to see its effect
What is the independent variable?
This factor is measured and observed during an experiment, it is sometimes called a responding variable
What is the dependent variable?
This is how one would measure how much coke you drink with dinner and the units.
What is use a graduated cylinder and mL? (Let's hope you are not drinking liters (L) of coke with dinner!)
This is how many liters are in 1 mL of pond water and this is how many meters are there in 1hm
What is .001L in 1mL? What is 100 m in 1hm?
(milli = 0.001) (hecto means 100)
These are the 3 branches of Science and a profession in each.
What is Earth Science (Geologist), Life Science (Dr.) and Physical Science (Engineer)?
These are the factors in an experiment that remain the same; they could be variables, but we aren't testing them
What are constants or controlled variables?
This is obtaining descriptive information with your senses
What is a qualitative observation?
This is how you would measure a hot day and the units you would use.
What is a thermometer in degrees Celsius? (Official units are Kelvins)
These are the standard units for length, mass and volume.
What are length=meters, mass=grams (kilograms) and liquid volume=Liters, solid volume=cubic meters?
The hints for this type of data are....There are 12 fish in the fish tank, There are 60 feet in the classroom, there is 1 tarantula in the classroom
What is quantitative data?
This is a logical conclusion based on available information or evidence.
What is an inference?
A _______________ is useful only if it can be tested.
What is a hypothesis?
This is the scientific notation number for an atom.... .000 000 000 132.
The mass of a giant's big toe is 3005 kg, this is how you would express it in scientific notation.
What is 1.32 x 10-10?
What is 3.005 x 103?
(remember leading zeroes mean a negative power of 10, while trailing whole numbers mean a positive power of 10)
How many milligrams in a gram?
What is one thousand (milli is 0.001)?
These are the 2 groups in a controlled experiment and why they are used this way.
What is an experimental group and a control group and the reason for these specific groups is to test ONE variable at a time and compare it to a group that receives no treatment?
A prediction or statement that can be tested; a possible explanation to the investigative question or engineering problem
What is a hypothesis?
This is the difference between a Scientific Law and a Scientific Theory.
What is Scientific Law is a statement that describes an observed pattern in nature, and a Scientific Theory is an explanation of events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations?
These are the prefixes for: m, k, h, d, da and c.
What is : milli-, kilo-, hecto-, deci-, deka-, centi-?
This is the value of kilo and milli as compared to the base units.
What is 1000 x bigger and 1000 x smaller (0.001) than the base unit?
These are the steps of the Scientific method...backwards!!!
What is: Share results, repeat to verify, conclusion, data analysis, experimentation, hypothesis, observation / question / problem (these all kind of go together)