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STUDY GUIDE FOR SCIENTIFIC METHOD,SAFETY, AND METRICS TEST
Question | Answer |
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WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL METRIC UNIT FOR TEMPERATURE? | CELSIUS AND KELVIN |
WHAT ARE THE BASE UNITS FOR MASS? VOLUME? LENGTH? | MASS = GRAMS LENGTH = METERS VOLUME = LITER |
PHYSICAL SCIENCE IS THE STUDY OF? | MATTER AND ENERGY |
"HER SHIRT IS GREEN" IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT KIND OF DATA? | OBSERVATION |
WHAT IS AN IDEA, STRUCTURE, OR SYSTEM THAT CAN BE USED TO REPRESENT SOMETHING YOU ARE TRYING TO EXPLAIN? | MODEL |
WHAT NUMERICAL VALUE DO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PREFIXES HAVE: KILO: METER/LITER/GRAM: CENTI: MILLI: | KILO: 1000 METER/LITER/GRAM: 1 CENTI: .01 MILLI: .001 |
HOW MANY METERS ARE THERE IN 1965 CM? | 19.65 METERS |
HOW MANY GRAMS MAKE UP 8 KG? | 8000 GRAMS |
WHAT UNIT WOULD YOU USE WHEN MEASURING THE MASS OF A CAR? | KILOGRAMS |
WHEN DO YOU USE EACH TYPE OF GRAPH? BAR: LINE: CIRCLE: | BAR: BEST SUITED FOR A QUALITATIVE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE. LINE: USED WHEN THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE IS QUANTITATIVE. CIRCLE:USE A CIRCLE GRAPH WHEN YOU NEED TO FIND THE PERCENTAGES AND OR DEGREES. |
HOW IS AN OBSERVATION DIFFERENT FROM A CONCLUSION? | CONCLUSION: FINAL STATEMENT OR DECISION OBSERVATION: while an observation is finding information by using any of the five senses (sight, sound, feel, smell, and taste). |
WHAT IS AN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE? ON WHAT AXIS DO YOU PLOT IT ON? | It is a variable that stands alone and isn't changed by the other variables you are trying to measure. X-AXIS |