Variables
The kind of variable that stays the same.
What is controlled?
Identify the visual data organizer tool that is often used to visually represent data.
The first step in the scientific process.
What is ask a question?
If you want to participate in lab, this assignment must be turned in.
What is safety contract?
An experimental approach to uderstanding the natural world
What is science?
The variable that is the data recorded.
What is dependent?
The graph that shows a relationship between two variables.
What is scatter plot?
The last step in the scientific process.
What is share results?
If you come to lab not in proper attire (on lab days) you will go to this location.
What is SWEEP?
A well-supported statement that combines similar experimental results to explain how a process works in natural world.
What is Theory?
Mrs. De's acronym to remember independent, dependent, and controlled variables?
What is DRY MIX CIS?
The graph that has time as an independent variable.
What is line graph?
Testing a hypothesis by performing experiments
What is Scientific Process?
Horseplay or practical jokes in the laboratory are …
What is against the rules?
A statement that predicts and identifies the type of data that will be collected if the hypothesis is supported
What is prediction?
It is January and Haley is tired of having cold feet while waiting for the school bus to come in the morning. She decides to design an experiment to test the effectiveness of wool, cotton, and nylon as insulating material for socks. She fill identical bottles with 200 mL of water at 100 C and place inside each sock. She then takes the temperature of the water after 20 minutes.
Identify the dependent variable
What is the temperature of the water in the bottles after being outside for 20 minutes?
The type of data that represents numerical data.
When conducting an experiment, only one group receives the independent variable. Identify this group.
What is experimental group?
During a laboratory activity where should all personal belongings be placed?
What is under your table?
A statement that there is NO relationship between the specified variables, any difference in the data is simply due to error.
What is Null-Hypothesis?
A student wants to see if plants grow better when they are exposed to classical music. The student uses 4 green-bean plants potted in the same container with the same type of soil. Two of these plants are grown in a greenhouse playing classical music, while the other two plants are grown in a greenhouse that does not have music playing. After 2 weeks, the height of the plants will be measured and recorded.
Identify the independent variable.
What is presence or absence of music in the greenhouse?
All multiple data sets must include this.
What is key or legend?
True or False:
A hypothesis is proven correct or is wrong.
What is false?
If a chemical splashes into your eyes what are you supposed to do?
What is use the eye wash station?
The single condition that is intentionally changed and manipulated by the experimenter
What is independent variable?