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Unit 1 - Intro to Physical Science
Unit 1 - Intro to Physical Science
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What is the scientific method?
Following steps to investigate and answer questions
Following rules in the science lab
The best method for deciding on dinner
Science skills
2
___________ is the metric unit for length.
meter
inches
liter
gram
3
what does deka mean?
.1
1000
100
10
4
What does deci mean?
.0001
.1
.01
.001
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What is a hypothesis?
A weird name for a dog
The end result
When you look up information
An educated guess
6
what does hecto mean?
100
10
.1
1000
7
Which of the following is a quantitative variable?
They returned a stack of books to the library.
It's very hot outside today.
About 80% of students answer this question correctly.
There were a lot of people at the festival this year.
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When cars raced on the beach, they thought taller tires went faster. The Tires were the...
Dependent Variable
Independent Variable
9
Crystal made an 'A' in her Probability and Statistics class is what type of observation?
Qualitative
Quantitative
10
A _________________ is a factor that can be changed in an experiment.
volume
variable
control
volume
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What is this?
chart
point graph
bar graph
line graph
12
The factor in the experiment that does not change is called the ______
answer
graph
variable
control
13
What does milli mean?
.000000000000001
.01
.1
.0001
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What does "K" stand for?
kelvin
O.K.
kilo
kory
15
You Tube wants to see if changing colors of their logo, would increase subscribers...
The number of subscribers would be the independent variable.
The color of their logo would be the independent variable.
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What is data?
notes
information you collect
the experiment you perform
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The ____________ variable is something that may be affected by the independent variable
science
dependent
Decicated
Physical
18
True or False: A problem should be specific
True
False
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Which of the following is a quantitative variable?
There were a lot of people at the festival this year.
It's very hot outside today.
They returned a stack of books to the library.
About 80% of students answer this question correctly.
20
The higher the temperature of water the faster an egg will cook. Dependent Variable is ___
egg
water
time
temperature
21
Which is the best written hypothesis?
If I eat all the chocolate, then my stomach will hurt.
If I drop the egg from 20', then it will crack upon impact.
If I chew gum, then it will taste good.
If I see Mars, it must be in the solar system
22
What does kilo mean in numbers?
10
1000
100
.1
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which direction do you move the decimal when the exponent is positive?
left
up
right
down
24
The ______________ is a list of everything you are going to do in an experiment.
proccedure
materials
hypothesis
problem
25
____________ is information that is known by using your 5 senses.
law
hypothesis
inference
observation
26
Beats by Dre wants to use gold batteries for deeper bass. The deeper bass is the...
Dependent Variable
Independent Variable
27
Which way do you move the decimal when the exponent is negative?
left
down
up
right
28
___________ is the metric unit for mass.
liter
inches
meter
gram
29
What is this?
histogram
line graph
chart
bar graph
30
What temperature do we us in the U.S.A?
celcius
kelvin
farenhiet
31
___________ is the metric unit for volume
inches
liter
gram
meter
32
An conclusion made based on what you learn using your 5 senses is called a/an ___________.
inference
theory
observation
law
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what does "g" stand for?
gratitude
g-ma
gram
grand
