The step in the Scientific Method which is also known as a prediction.
What is a Hypothesis?
100
Anything you can change in an experiment that might affect the outcome.
What is a variable?
100
A mass, suspended on a pivot point, free to swing.
What is a pendulum?
100
The__________the capacity of the boat, the greater number of passengers it can hold.
larger or smaller
What is larger?
100
The process of finding answers to a scientific question.
What is Scientific Method?
200
The step in the scientific method which involves the 5 senses.
What is an observation?
200
A variable that can stand "ALONE"(hint) and is not changed by other variables. A____________variable is not changed by others.
What is an Independent Variable?
200
What materials were used to create a pendulum system?
(At least 3)
What is pencil, penny, paper clip, and string?
200
The number of_____________________a boat can hold is affected by variables such as placement, water movement, and boat size.
What is passengers?
200
Name all of the senses you could use in the observation stage.
What is sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
300
The step in the scientific method in which you would use science tools.
What is an experiment?
300
The opposite of an Independent variable is a_________variable. It is a variable that "DEPENDS" on other factors in an experiment.
What is a dependent variable?
300
Are mass or release points variables which would affect the pendulum system?
What is no?
300
The maximum volume of fluid a container can hold.
What is capacity?
300
This can be used to display results, look for experimental errors, and make predictions.
What is a graph?
400
The step in the scientific method which involves graphing or charting.
What is Collecting Data/Results?
400
When you control the other variables in an experiment, it is called a_______________experiment.
What is a controlled experiment?
400
In a pendulum system, what determines the number of swings in a unit of time.
What is length?
400
In the lifeboat experiment, what were some of the variables that affect the number of pennies needed to sink the boat.
What is movement, placement, and location?
400
A______________is a motion or activity that repeats itself.
What is a cycle?
500
Name the six steps of the Scientific Method in order.
What is
1. Observation
2. Ask A Question
3. Hypothesis
4. Plan an Experiment/Experiment
5. Collecting Data/Results
6. Conclusion
500
Explain how you control an experiment.
What is an experiment where all of the variables are controlled except one, allowing the experimenter to observe the effect of that variable on the outcome.
500
Name three variables we could change in a pendulum system.
What is length, mass, and release point?
500
If you were on a lifeboat, how would you want the passengers placed on the boat and explain?
Sample Answer
What is... I would want the passengers to be placed evenly around the lifeboat. If all of the passengers were placed on one side, the boat is more likely to sink.