The part of your Lab report which states what you are trying to find out. It must be testable and investigable.
What is the Problem or Question?
100
An organized way to display data collected in an experiment.
What is a chart or graph?
100
Any factor in an experiment that changes.
What is a variable?
100
It is a way of gathering information using your senses. It must be specific and accurate.
What is an observation?
100
Only observations are important in science.
What is false?
200
The part of your experiment where you reflect on your question, look at your data, prove or disprove your hypothesis, and make suggestions for future experiments.
What is the conclusion?
200
The type of graph we use to chart data which shows a relationship between two variables or changes over time.
What is a line graph?
200
The factor in an experiment that YOU change or is changed on purpose?
What is the independent variable?
200
What you believe to be possible/true based on your prior knowledge and your observations.
What is an inference?
200
Instead of "right" or " wrong" your conclusion should use these words.
What is accept or reject?
300
The if_____then______ statement which you will prove or disprove in your experiment.
What is the hypothesis?
300
The graph we use to show comparisons.
What is a bar graph?
300
The factor in an experiment that responds to the purposefully changed factor.
What is the dependent variable?
300
It uses something which can be counted or measured, such as, "The stem of the plant measures 2 feet."
What is a quantitative observation?
300
Two sets of data that uses numbers
What is quantitative?
400
The steps you will take to proceed with your experiment.
What is the Procedure?
400
The axis the independent variable goes on.
What is the x-axis?
400
Any factor in an experiment which is not allowed to change.
What is a constant?
400
The stem is crooked and the leaves are becoming discolored.
What is a qualitative observation?
400
To make your experiment valid or fair, you try to test one variable and make everything else constant. We say we are doing what to the variable?
What is "isolating?"
500
The systematic process which scientists use to identify a problem, conduct research, make a hypothesis, carry out a procedure,collect and analyze data, and make a conclusion.
What is the Scientific Method?!?
500
The axis the dependent variable goes on.
What is the Y-axis?
500
A group or sample that is used as a standard for comparison.
What is a control?
500
The child is crying because he dropped his lollipop.