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What is a Quantitative observation
An observation made using an your senses
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
The sky is blue
An observation made by using an exact number
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What is accuracy
Bunny Rabbit
How many beans you can eat in one hour
How close is everything to each other
How close to the indicated target
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What is a qualitative observation
Pumpkin
An observation made using your sences
An observation made with an exact number
One box with three pieces of paper in it
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What is the definition of a dependent variable
The variable that no one cares about
The variable kept the same
The variable that changes because of another variable
The variable changed
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What is a control group?
The group that is not changed to help measure the results
The variables that are kept the same throughout the experiement
The group that is changed to test a hypothesis
A small group
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What is an appropriate hypothesis
If I practice my cello, then my skills will improve because...
Brown
Why does looking at the sun hurt my eyes?
I think that water is green
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What is a hypothesis
A guess
An educated guess
A confused Hippo
A mammal
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What is the definition of a constant?
The variable being measured to see how much it changes.
The group that changes/is changed
A group that is changed
The variables kept the same
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What is the dependent variable___
If
someone is exercising
then
their heart rate will change
Heart Rate
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Excercising
If
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What are some safety precautions to take during a science lab
Don't pay attention
Have cheese in your pocket
Don't know where the fire blanket and fire extinguisher are
Long hair up, apron, closed toe shoes, safety goggles, etc
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What is an experimental group?
34 Elephants
The group that is experimented on
Mango
The group kept the same
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Define Science
Science Is Cool
The study of the natural world
Chicken Nuggets
The study of sorcery and black magic
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What is an observation
A childhood memory
A complicated potion made by advanced sorcerers
Something you can conclude by using your 5 senses
A guess about something that happened
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What is the correct format of a hypothesis
Whatever it wants to be
If... then... because...statement
Choice and consequence
A sentence
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What is an inference
A guess based on data collected through your senses
Whatever it wants to be
What you can see has happened
5 day old cheese
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What is precision
Pool party
3+3
How close to the indicated target
How close is everything to each other
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What is an independent variable
The variable that is kept the same
The variable that does not exsist
The variable changed in an experiment
The variable that changes because of another variable
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What are the steps in the scientific method
1.Clean 2.Seperate 3.Cook 4.Chill
1.See 2.Smell 3.Touch 4.Taste 5.Hear
1.Ask 2.Research 3.hypothesis 4.Test 5.Analyze 6.Conclude
1.Stop 2.Contemplate 3.Continue
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What is the correct data for the conclusion The longer I practice my cello the better I get
0 min-low skill 30 min-med. skill 60 min-high skill
0 min high skill 30 min low skill 60 min med. skill
I have no skill no matter how long I practice
I quit after 3.4 seconds
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What is a correct hypothesis for the question: do hummingbirds prefer a certain color?
I have a cat
Green
If I have different colors of food, then birds will eat red
I don't like hummingbirds
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What is the scientific method
An unimportant thing that they force us to learn in science
Lemon yellow watercolor paint
Scratch and sniff bookmark
A list of steps to take that help you answer a question
