What is a prediction?

Inferences made about what will happen.

What is an inference?

An explanation of an observation based on prior experience.

A tool used to determine cardinal directions (N,S,E,W)

Name 3 safety procedures always used in a lab.

Follow safety rules, do what teacher says, review procedures

What is a scientific observation?

An observation anyone can make and results will be the same.

What is an anemometer?

A weather instrument used to measure wind speed.

What is a quantitative observation?

Observations made that use numbers or measurements.

What is a qualitative observation?

An observation made using the 5 senses.

A test in which only one variable is changed or tested.

Name the steps of the scientific method.

Question, research, hypothesis, experiment, data, conclusion

What is a variable in science?

Something that changes in an experiment.

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1
What is a prediction?
Something that happened in the past.
An education guess.
Inferences made about what will happen.
An explanation of an observation based on prior experience.
2
What is an inference?
An explanation of an observation based on prior experience.
Using words that are opposites.
Using words that mean the same thing.
Making a text to text connection.
3
Scientists _________ objects or items and place them in groups according to similar properties.
classify
touch
predict
graph
4
What is a compass?
A tool that measures temperature.
A tool that measures air pressure.
A tool used to see something far away.
A tool used to determine cardinal directions (N,S,E,W)
5
Name 3 safety procedures always used in a lab.
Don't share lab tools with others, don't run, don't listen
Follow safety rules, do what teacher says, review procedures
Don't wear goggles, gloves, or listen to your teacher
Have fun, don't wear a lab coat or worry about procedures
6
What is a scientific observation?
An observation changing several variables at once.
An observation anyone can make but results always change.
An observation anyone can make and results will be the same.
You have to be a scientist to make any type of observation.
7
What is an anemometer?
An instrument used to measure rainfall.
A tool used to determine cardinal directions (N,S,E,W)
A weather instrument used to measure wind speed.
An instrument used to measure temperature.
8
What is a quantitative observation?
An observation anyone can make and the results are the same.
An observation made by using your sense of hearing.
Observations made that use numbers or measurements.
An observation using the 5 senses.
9
A ____________ variable is the result or response to the change in the test or experiment.
dependent
responding
manipulated
independent
10
What is a qualitative observation?
An observation that uses numbers.
An observation anyone can make and the results are the same.
An observation made using the 5 senses.
An observation using measurements or numbers.
11
Three ways scientists record data visually are:
writing notes in a journal, observing, talking
dissecting, drawing pictures, talking
using equipment, making a graph, observing
graphs, charts, diagrams
12
What is a fair test?
No variables are ever changed.
A test in which there are no variables used.
A test in which each variable is changed during the test.
A test in which only one variable is changed or tested.
13
___________ is information gained from an experiment and is recorded in units.
a hypothesis
an observation
a prediction
data
14
Name the steps of the scientific method.
Make a hypothesis, but don't worry about recording data
Make a conclusion and quit if it was wrong
Question, research, hypothesis, experiment, data, conclusion
Do an experiment first, then decide what to research
15
A ____________ variable is one factor that is changed or tested and placed on a graph's X-axis.
unfair test
manipulated
fair test
responding
16
These observations are made by identifying and describing properties using the 5 senses.
independent
qualitative
quantitative
dependent
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What is a variable in science?
Something that changes in an experiment.
Something this is not part of an experiment.
When we use a letter in math to represent a missing number.
Something that never changes in an experiment.

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