Vocabulary
Information that is gained from the five senses.
What is observation?
Does Maggie like me?
What is not measurable?
Finish this hypothesis:
"If I throw a ball up,....."
what is then it will come down?
A variable that you make sure to keep the same in an experiment.
What is a control variable?
An idea that explains something, but may or may not be right.
What is theory?
A statement that describes what you predict will happen.
What is hypothesis?
Does Maggie or Gilligan run faster?
What is measurable?
All hypotheses should be written in this type of statement.
What is an "If... then...because" statement?
The variable you measure in an experiment.
What is the dependent variable?
A statement about a scientific phenomena that always occurs under the right conditions.
What is a scientific law?
The part of your experiment where you list the steps you will carry out for your experiment.
What is the procedures?
What type of pizza is the best?
What is not measurable?
TRUE or FALSE: Hypotheses should be based only on your opinion.
What is false?
The variable you manipulate during an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
A physical, conceptual, or math-based way to visualize tricky scientific concepts.
What is a model?
A diagram showing the relationship between two variable quantities.
What is a graph?
Where does the sun come from?
What is not measurable?
FILL IN THE BLANK: A hypothesis is a statement that ________ what will happen.
What is predict?
If you're measuring how quantity of water affects plant growth, the amount of water you give is what type of variable?
What is the independent variable?
Plate tectonics is a _____.
What is theory?
Knowledge that is based on observation or experimentation.
What is empirical?
What's the mean time spent online for students?
What is measurable?
TRUE or FALSE: It's a bad thing if your hypothesis gets disproved.
What is false?
If I'm testing the speed different types of cars go down hill, speed is this type of variable.
What is dependent variable?
"Objects in motion tend to stay in motion" is a _______