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What is the independent variable (x-axis)?
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Language
Math
Different school subjects
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What is a hypothesis?
5 senses + what you know
the 6th Step in the Scientific Method
an educated guess
information using the 5 senses
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What is the y-axis?
Fruit types
Pears
Sales (Sum)
Bananas
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"If we leave the water on, then the bathroom will flood." What is the dependent variable?
the amount of flood
none of the above
The bathroom
Leaving the water on
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"If we add more sugar to the cake mix, then the cake will be sweeter." Independent variable is?
How much cake there is
Cake
The sugar we add
How sweet the cake will be
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What is one OBSERVATION you can make about this data table?
Soccer has the most people (106)
If people like soccer, then they will play it.
Swimming is hard
No one likes Tennis
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What is an example of a QUALITATIVE observation?
The puppies have fur.
Someone lost their puppies.
There are five puppies in the hammock.
The puppies are cute.
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Which is an example of a QUANTITATIVE observation?
The football players are running.
The football players have gold pants.
5 football players are running
He will drop the ball.
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What is an INFERENCE?
5 senses + what you know
5 senses
an educated guess
What you know
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What is one conclusion you can draw from this table?
Total cereal is healthier because it has more iron
Cereal is cheap
Corn Pops has the least iron
Corn Pops tastes better than Fruit Loops
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What do you do before you form a hypothesis?
Collect Data
Make a Graph
Make observations
Experiment
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What is an OBSERVATION you can make about the photo?
There is duck.
There is a man on the ground.
The man fell on a wet floor.
It is a funny picture
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What is an example of a hypothesis?
I think the plant will grow.
If we water the plant, then the plant will grow.
If there is water, the plant will grow.
The plant is green
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Which is NOT a part of the scientific method?
Falsify results
Communicate Results
Make Observations
Ask a Question
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What is an independent variable?
The factor in an experiment that stays the same
The factor in an experiment that we change
An observation
The factor in an experiment we measure
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What is an INFERENCE you can make about the photo?
There is a man on the ground.
It is a funny photo.
The man fell on the wet floor.
There is a duck.
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What is a dependent variable?
The factor in an experiment we measure
A hypothesis
The factor in an experiment we control
The factor in an experiment we change
