Scientific Method/EDP
Thinking Like A Scientist
Variables
Graphing
Other
100

The ______ is a process used by scientist to find answers to questions or solve problems.

What is the Scientific Method

100

The skill of ______ involves making inferences about a future event based on current evidence or past experiences. 


What is Predicting

100

What is a dependent variable


The thing you watch in an experiment

depends on the independent variable

what is affected by the independent variable

the y-axis

100

Name three types of graphs. 

What is Line Graph, Pie Graph , Bar Graph

100

True or False. 

A scale must always be in regular increments

What is True

200

In the scientific method when should you you develop a hypothesis?


What is before the experiment

200

When you interpret a(n) _______ you are inferring. 


What is an observation. 

200

The independent variable is _______


What is Controlled by the scientists (YOU)


What is what the scientists know before the experiment

What is intentionally changed

200

A data table is a collection of related data presented in columns and rows. 



What is True

200

What is an observation?

What is something you observe with your senses. It is fact. 

300

What is an engineer?

What is a person who designs and create solutions to everyday problems. 

300

Grouping together items that are alike in some way is called...

What is classifying

300

An experiment is performed on sunflowers to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid: water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, same amount of sunlight, and the same amount of liquid. In this investigation, what is the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE?

What is the different liquids. 

300

Describe a bar graph.

What is a graph uses bars to show comparisons.

300

What does SULTAN Stand for?

what is Scale, unit, label, title, accuracy, neatness

400

How should a Hypothesis be written out? 

What is in an If_____ Then_____ statement. 

400

_______ is a way to help people understand things that they cannot observe directly. 


What is making models

400

True or False, all variables that are kept the same are independent variables?

What is false

400

Describe a pie graph. 

What is a circular graph divided into slices to display data.

400

If you are graphing more than one variable, what should you always include with your graph?

what is a legend

500

List the steps of the scientific method. 

What is: 

1. Question/Problem

2. Observation/Research

3. Hypothesis

4. Experiment

5. Analyze Data/Retest

6. Conclusion

7. Communication

500

The human mouth contains 32 teeth. 

The statement above is an example of a(n) 

** Be Specific**


What is a a quantitative observation

500

Your science teacher sets up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the CONTROLLED Variable. 

What is the height of the Ramp. 

500

Describe a line graph

Uses points that are connected by lines to track changes over time. 

500

What is the purpose of a graph?


What is it is a visual representation of relationships.