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Science
semester study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is science? | all the info and how we collect its process. |
| What is the scienctific method? | a series of steps that used to answer a question or solve a problem. |
| What are the steps of the scientific method?Name 6. | Problem gather information, hypothesis,experiment record and analyze conclusion |
| What 3 words are usually found in an hypothesis? | If,then,because |
| What is a variable? | a variable is something that you can vary or change in an experimment |
| What are the2 variables that will be found on any experiment? | independent and dependent |
| An hypothesis must be percise and....? | measurable |
| Which step of the scientific method states a question? | Problem |
| Which step of the scientific method test the hypothesis? | Experiment |
| How many variables should you TEST for in a good experiment? | 1 |
| Which step of the scientific method states whether the hypothesis is supported or rejected? | conclusion |
| Which step of the scientific method requires you to use your senses and make observations after identify a problem? | gather information |
| What is a constant in an experiment? | stays the same |
| Why must everything be constant in an experiment except what you are testing | if its not constant, it becomes a variable |
| What is a control? | an experiment that is run exactly the same without the variable(independent variable) |
| What is the purpose of the control? | it enables you to compare with something |
| What is the independent variable? | something that you can change |
| What is the dependent variable? | something that is the after affect |
| During which step of the scientific method do you use graphs? | record and anaylze |
| Which axis is the X axis? Which is Y? | the x axis is the bottom line,the y axis is the vertical line |
| What variable do we plot on the X? | independent |
| What variable do we plot on the Y? | dependent |