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Intro to College Prep #Science - #graphing, #rulesaboutgraphs, #typesofgraphs
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1
The word "variable" means
changing
true
verifiable
constant
2
A hypothesis must be
a complete sentence
testable
well-written
written in "if then" format
3
In the lab when we need to weigh something (find it's mass), we use
a bathroom scale
a beaker
a graduated cylinder
a triple beam balance
4
When making a scatter plot, you need
to make a bar graph
to connect the dots
to make a pie chart
to draw a best fit line
5
In y = mx+b, the b stands for
the dependent variable
slope
y-intercept
steepness of the line
6
The variable that you are recording for results is the __________ variable
control
independent
dependent
7
The x-axis of any graph should be the
dependent variable
independent variable
8
The variable that you, the experimenter, are changing is the _________ variable
control
dependent
independent
9
In the lab, when we need to measure how long something takes, which would be BEST to use?
a sand timer
a stopwatch
the wall clock
a calendar
10
The y-axis of the graph should be the
dependent variable
independent variable
11
In the Scientific Method, you first want to make
observations
hypotheses
conclusions
results
12
In the lab when we need to measure the length of something, we can use
an inch ruler
a triple beam balance
a centimeter ruler
all of these
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(y
2
-y
1
)/(x
2
-x
1
) is the formula for _______
slope
y-intercept
a line
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