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EL #1 "Science"
EL #2 "Experiments"
EL #3 "Variables"
EL #4 "Controlling Variables
Misc. (Graphing)
100
This area of science involves the study of plants and animals.
What is life science (biology)?
100
The way scientists use their senses to collect information.
What is observation?
100
Anything that can change the outcome of an experiment.
What is a variable?
100
The number of variables that should be changed in an experiment.
What is one?
100
Billy forgot about this variable when he conducted his ice cream experiment.
What is temperature?
200
This area of science involves the study of Earth.
What is geology?
200
When drawing conclusions, scientists must back up their claims with ___________.
What is evidence?
200
This variable in a pendulum system has a drastic effect on the number of swings in a given amount of time.
What is the length of the string/pendulum?
200
This is a study done in which only one variable is changed at a time to test its effect on the outcome.
What is a controlled experiment?
200
A ____________________ is a visual representation of data from an experiment.
What is a graph?
300
A scientist who studies the planets and outer space.
What is an astronomer.
300
During experiments, scientists use tables to collect and record _________.
What is data.
300
This variable has a drastic effect on the number of passengers supported by a lifeboat.
What is the size of the boat (capacity)?
300
This must be done to keep variables controlled.
What is keeping them the same?
300
Types of graphs include scatter-plot, bar, and _______.
What is line?
400
The systematic study of natural events and conditions.
What is science?
400
Scientists use _________________, an organized study, to answer their questions.
What is an experiment?
400
These "predictions" are typically in an "if...then..." format.
What is a hypothesis?
400
These are the two variables we had to control, when we tested the length of the pendulum.
What is the mass of the bob and release position?
400
When making a scatter-plot graph, drawing this in will help you to see the pattern (or trend) of the data.
What is trend (best fit) line?
500
This is the way all science starts.
What is "With a question"? (question)
500
This is an educated guess scientists make before conducting an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
500
These are three variables that could affect the growth of a plant.
What is the amount of sunlight, the amount of water, and the amount of soil nutrients?
500
This is the variable that had the greatest effect on the rate at which M&M's would dissolve in water.
What is the temperature of the water?
500
This is the vertical axis on a two-coordinate graph.
What is the Y axis?