Scientific Method
Observations and Variables
Volume
100
Question
What do you want to learn?
100
Independent variable
What is the part of the experiment that is manipulated or changed?
100
The amount of matter in an object
What is mass
200
Hypothesis
What is an educated guess?
200
Dependent variable
What is the effects or result of the change to the experiment, what is being observed or measured, the data?
200
The measure of the gravitational force in an object
What is weight
300
Experiment
What is testing your hypothesis?
300
Controlled variables or control
What are the variables you keep the same in an experiment?
300
The formula for volume
What is length*width*hight
400
Observation
What is information gathered by 5 senses?
400
Quantitative
What is the observation that you use numbers and measurements?
400
The measure of the amount of mass in a given volume
What is density
500
Analyze results
What is organizing data, tables, and charts?
500
Qualitative
What is the observation made using your senses?
500
when an object is placed in water, the object pushes the water out of the way. This process is used to measure the volume of irregular shaped objects.
What is displacement