Lab Safety and Scientific Method

The most important lab safety rule is

If you break a piece of glassware of equipment, tell the teacher

A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question is called

Using one or more of your senses to gather information is called

Fred asks, "Which group of insects is more sensitive to light: ants or pill bugs?"

AFTER collecting data a scientist should

Fred shares his findings with other scientists

When is off-task behavior appropriate during an investigation?

Which are NOT examples of data?

Most good experiments change or test

Before beginning a lab, students with long hair must

Fred writes down the time it took each group to seek shelter

Fred goes to the library to find out about ants and pillbugs

Fred exposes ants & pill bugs to light and measures how fast it takes for each to find shelter

Stopwatches, rulers, and computers are examples of___ used to collect data during an experiment

Eating in the lab

One type of plant's growth is tested under 3 different types of light. What is the variable?

You should prepare for each lab by reading all of the instructions

In order to be sure about the conclusion of an experiment, scientists should

The best way to cut an object is

What might cause scientist to change a scientific theory?

A fire starts in the lab. A student notifies the teacher. What should she do next?

Which of these statements could be tested by experiment?

Students are using heat, chemicals, and glass in a lab What is the best type of eye protection?

In an experiment, if you change the temperature to test a hypothesis, the temperature is the

What should students do before putting an electrical plug in a socket?

What is the 1st step of the scientific method?

Based on his data, Fred decides that ants are more sensitive to light.

An organized way to collect and record scientific observations is with a

After reading about insects, Fred guesses that pill bugs are more sensitive to light than ants

Fred creates a graph to show times of the bugs to see which insect is more sensitive to light